Economics of the Environment: Theory and Policy 7th

Economics of the Environment: Theory and Policy

by: Horst Siebert

ISBN-10: 3540737065

ISBN-13: 9783540737063

Edition: 7th

Publication date: February 13, 2008

Hardcover: 333 pages
Book Description
The book interprets nature and the environment as a scarce resource. It offers a theoretical study of the allocation problem and describes different policy approaches to the environmental problem. The entire spectrum of the allocation issue is studied. The author incorporates several economic approaches, including neoclassical analysis, the public goods approach and optimization theory. The different aspects of environmental allocation are studied in the context of a single model that is used throughout the book. The sixth edition includes new sections on ethical aspects of environmental evaluation, and inteational emission trading and biodiversity.