Conservation and Economic Efficiency - An Approach to Materials Policy

Zusatztext 'A valuable text and reference! highly recommended for advanced undergraduates! and researchers in resource economics...'Choice'A lucid description of the prodigality with which the United States actually disposes of scarce and non-renewable resources! and of the waste-products resulting therefrom.'American Political Science Review Informationen zum Autor Page, Talbot Klappentext First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung "Conservation and Economic Efficiency: An Approach To Materials Policy". Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword, Preface, 1. Introduction: Toward a Materials Policy, PART ONE. MATERIAL FLOWS AND USES, 2. Virgin Material Intensity and Waste Management, 3. Competition Between Primary and Secondary Industries, PART TWO. INTRATEMPORAL EFFICIENCY, 4. Discriminatory Pricing, 5. Disposal, 6. Taxes on Virgin Materials, PART THREE. INTERTEMPORAL EQUITY, 7. The Present Value Criterion, 8. The Conservation Criterion, 9. The Criteria Reconciled, 10. Conclusion, Appendixes, Index

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• Authors: Talbot Page, Talbot (Brown University Page, Page Talbot, Talbot Page
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.01.2011
• EAN: 9781617260520
• ISBN: 978-1-61726-052-0
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Rff Library Collection: Natura; RFF Natural Resource Management Set; RFF Natural Resource Management Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, Environmental Economics, Conservation of the environment