Markets and the Environment

Markets and the Environment by Nathaniel Keohane.

A clear grasp of economics is essential to understanding why environmental problems arise and how we can address them. So it is with good reason that this book has become a classic text in environmental studies since its first publication in 2007. Now thoroughly revised with updated information on c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keohane, Nathaniel (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Environment.
Environmental economics.
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Nature conservation.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 2. Economic Efficiency and Environmental Protection
  • 3. The Benefits and Costs of Environmental Protection
  • 4. The Efficiency of Markets
  • 5. Market Failures in the Environmental Realm
  • 6. Managing Stocks: Natural Resources as Capital Assets
  • 7. Stocks that Grow: The Economics of Renewable Resource Management
  • 8. Principles of Market-based Environmental Policy
  • 9. The Case for Market-Based Instruments in the Real World
  • 10. Market Based Instruments in Practice
  • 11. Sustainability and Economic Growth
  • 12. Conclusion.

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