Environmental Economics: An Introduction

Section 1: Introduction Chapter 1: What is Environmental Economics? Chapter 2: The Economy and the Environment Section 2: Analytical Tools Chapter 3: Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand Chapter 4: Economic Efficiency and Markets Chapter 5: The Economics of Environmental Quality Section 3: Environmental Analysis Chapter 6: Frameworks of Analysis Chapter 7: Benefit-Cost Analysis: Benefits Chapter 8: Benefit-Cost Analysis: Costs Section 4: Environmental Policy Analysis Chapter 9: Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies Chapter 10: Decentralized Policies: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Voluntary Action Chapter 11: Command-and-Control Strategies: The Case of Standards Chapter 12: Incentive-Based Strategies: Emission Charges and Subsidies Chapter 13: Incentive-Based Strategies: Transferable Discharge Permits Section 5: Environmental Policy in the United States Chapter 14: Federal Water Pollution-Control Policy Chapter 15: Federal Air Pollution Control Policy Chapter 16: Federal Polity on Toxic and Hazardous Substances Chapter 17: State and Local Environmental Issues Section 6: International Environmental Issues Chapter 18: Comparative Environmental Policies Chapter 19: Economic Development and the Environment Chapter 20: The Global Environment Chapter 21: International Environmental Agreements