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Standard work on environmental economics
With a comprehensive presentation of allocation theory and environmental policy approaches
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Static Allocation Aspect
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Environmental-Policy Instruments
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Environmental Allocation in Space
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Environmental Allocation in Time and under Uncertainty
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About this book
"The labor of nature is paid, not because she does much, but because she does little. In proportion as she becomes niggardly in her gifts, she exacts a greater price for her work. Where she is munificently benefi cent, she always works gratis." David Ricardo * This book interprets nature and the environment as a scarce resource. Whereas in the past people lived in a paradise of environmental superabundance, at pre sent environmental goods and services are no longer in ample supply. The envi ronment fulfills many functions for the economy: it serves as a public-con sumption good, as a provider of natural resources, and as receptacle of waste. These different functions compete with each other. Releasing more pollutants into the environment reduces environmental quality, and a better environmen tal quality implies that the environment's use as a receptacle of waste has to be restrained. Consequently, environmental disruption and environmental use are by nature allocation problems. This is the basic message of this book.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Economics of the Environment
Book Subtitle: Theory and Policy
Authors: Horst Siebert
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11594-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-11594-7Published: 17 April 2013
Edition Number: 5
Number of Pages: XIV, 313