Ross McKitrick

Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy, a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses, provides a rigorous and thorough explanation of modern environmental economics, applying this exposition to contemporary issues and policy analysis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781442610705
• ISBN-10: 1442610700
• Artikelnr.: 28433203

Autorenporträt

Ross R. McKitrick is a professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Guelph.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables
Preface: Why This Book
1. Issues, Instruments, Institutions, and Ideas
2. Valuation of the Environment
3. The Value of Emissions and the Costs of Abatement
4. Optimal Emissions: The Partial Equilibrium Case
5. Information, Uncertainty, and Instrument Choice
6. Pollution Standards, Monitoring, and Enforcement
7. Tradable Permits and Quotas
8. Emission Taxes and the General Equilibrium Model of Emission Pricing
9. Bargaining and Tort Law as Solutions to Externalities
10. International Trade and Pollution
11. Sustainability and Optimal Growth
12. Policy Debates, Practice Exam, and Supplementary Questions
Index