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Tables of Contents for Economics of the Environment
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
I. AN OVERVIEW
1
74
The Tragedy of the Commons
5
15
Garrett Hardin
The Economic Common Sense of Pollution
20
17
Larry E. Ruff
Analysis of Environmental Pollution
37
20
Allen V. Kneese
EPA and the Evolution of Federal Regulation
57
18
Paul R. Portney
II. ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES
75
124
Some Concepts from Welfare Economics
79
18
Robert Dorfman
The Economic Theory of a Common-Property Resource: The Fishery
97
12
H. Scott Gordon
The Problem of Social Cost
109
30
Ronald Coase
On Divergences between Social Cost and Private Cost
139
5
Ralph Turvey
The Problem of Market Failure
144
18
Alan Randall
The Economics of Resources or the Resources of Economics
162
17
Robert M. Solow
Sustainability: An Economist's Perspective
179
9
Robert M. Solow
Conservation Reconsidered
188
11
John V. Krutilla
III. DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
199
94
Regulatory Strategies for Pollution Control
205
20
A. Michael Spence
Martin L. Weitzman
Land, Water, and Ownership
225
16
J. H. Dales
Transferable Discharge Permits and the Control of Stationary Source Air Pollution
241
30
Thomas H. Tietenberg
Economic Incentives in the Management of Hazardous Wastes
271
17
Clifford S. Russell
Weighing Alternatives for Toxic Waste Cleanup
288
5
Peter Passell
IV. BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT
293
146
An Introduction to Benefit-Cost Analysis
297
26
Robert Dorfman
Criteria for Social Investment
323
13
Kenneth J. Arrow
Comparisons of Methods for Recreation Evaluation
336
18
Jack L. Knetsch
Robert K. Davis
Bidding Games for Valuation of Aesthetic Environmental Improvements
354
23
Alan Randall
Berry Ives
Clyde Eastman
The Economic Value of Life: Linking Theory to Practice
377
11
J. Steven Landefeld
Eugene P. Seskin
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
388
21
Thomas C. Schelling
Risk Assessment and Comparisons: An Introduction
409
12
Richard Wilson
E. A. C. Crouch
Controlling Urban Air Pollution: A Benefit-Cost Assessment
421
18
Alan J. Krupnick
Paul R. Portney
V. THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
439
6
International Cooperation for Environmental Protection
445
19
Scott Barrett
Some Economics of Global Warming
464
20
Thomas C. Schelling
Economic Activity and the Greenhouse Effect
484
13
Yoshiki Ogawa
Adverse Environmental Consequences of the Green Revolution
497
4
David Pimentel
Marcia Pimentel
Deforestation and Species Loss
501
Kenton R. Miller
Walter V. Reid
Charles V. Barber