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Zusatztext 'Reveals the way economic analysis is used, and ignored, by top-level policymakers. All eight essays are written by former staff members of the White House‘s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). . . . It thus presents a thoroughly insider‘s view. . . . Directly or indirectly, climate change is the issue that strings together the essays in the book. . . . All the essays help answer the question of how best to deal with climate change. Each one presents in a different context the analytical tools economists use to protect the environment.'Environment and Planning'[This book] gives a rare inside look at the tensions in economic and environmental policymaking at the top of the U.S. federal structure. . . .Knowledgeable economists show how they dealt with these complex . . . issues in the three past administrations.'Journal of Environmental Science & Policy Informationen zum Autor Randall Lutter is chief economist with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Jason F. Shogren is the Stroock Distinguished Professor of Natural Resource Conservation and Management and a professor of economics at the University of Wyoming. Klappentext In economics and environmental policy! where disagreement among stakeholder and expert opinion is especially strong! the president needs good advice about political needs good advice about political strategy! as well as unbiased information about the substance of policy issues. It is the second need that the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is intended to address." Zusammenfassung Collects personal essays by eight Senior Staff Economists for Environmental and Natural Resource Policy who worked within the Council of Economic Advisers from 1992 to 2002. These authors confirm the council's severe view of many environmental initiatives, a perspective that led President Clinton to label his economic advisers as 'lemon suckers'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Janet Yellen PrefaceAbout the Contributors Introduction: Lessons from a Hot Seat Randall Lutter and Jason F. Shogren1. A Tale of Two Policies: Clear Skies and Climate Change William A. Pizer2. Head in the Clouds Decision-Making: EPA‘s Air Quality Standards for OzoneRandall Lutter3. Economic Analysis and the Formulation of U.S. Climate Policy Michael A. Toman4. Saving the Planet Cost-Effectively: The Role of Economic Analysis in Climate Change Mitigation PolicyJoseph E. Aldy5. Making Markets for Global Forest Conservation Jonathan B. Wiener6. Electricity Restructuring and the Environment Stephen Polasky7. Do All the Resource Problems in the West Begin in the East? Revisited Jason F. Shogren8. The Good News and the Bad News from Washington Ray SquitieriReferences Index...
