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Environmental Economics and Policy is a best-selling text for environmental economics courses. Offering a policy-oriented approach, it introduces economic theory, empirical fieldwork, and case studies which show how underlying economic principles provided the foundation for environmental policies.
List of contents
Section I. Economic Analysis: Options and Applications (1) The Role of Economics in Formulating and Implementing Policy (2) The Economic Approach: Property Rights, Externalities and Environmental Problems (3) The Role of Policy Instrument Choice in Efficient Environmental Management (4) Evaluating Trade-Offs: Benefit-Cost Analysis and Other Decision-Making Metrics (5) Valuing the Environment: Methods and Examples
Section II. Environmental Policy (6) Ecosystem Goods and Services: Nature's Threatened Bounty (7) Fisheries Policy (8) Climate Change I: The Nature of the Challenge (9) Climate Change II: The Role of Energy Policy (10) Climate Change III: Carbon Pricing (11) Climate Change IV: Adaptation (12) Transportation: Managing Congestion and Local Pollution (13) Water: Managing Water Quality for Rivers, Lakes and Oceans (14) Toxics Policy and Environmental Justice (15) Meeting the Challenges: The Role of Economics
About the author
Lynne Lewis is Elmer W. Campbell Professor of Economics at Bates College, Maine, USA.
Tom Tietenberg is the Mitchell Family Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Colby College, Maine, USA.
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Environmental Economics and Policy is a best-selling text for environmental economics courses. Offering a policy-oriented approach, it introduces economic theory, empirical fieldwork, and case studies which show how underlying economic principles provided the foundation for environmental policies.
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"The authors transform masterfully the leading-edge of environmental economics research into language that is accessible, insightful and relevant to a broad audience. The book is an essential resource for all undergraduate environmental economics and environmental policy courses." – Assistant Professor Jacob Hochard, Department of Economics, East Carolina University.
"Lewis and Tietenberg provide a highly-relevant and up-to-date economics-based framework for evaluating environmental problems and policy solutions. In examining the most critical environmental issues of the day, the authors embrace a wide range of disciplinary-perspectives. This book is perfect for undergraduate economics students or graduate policy students." – Professor Sarah L. Stafford, Chair of the Department of Economics, William & Mary.
