Peter J. Hill is professor of economics at Wheaton College, where he holds the George F. Bennett Chair. He is a senior associate at the Political Economy Research Center. He is the coauthor of Eco-Sanity: A Common Sense Guide to Environmentalism (Madison Books) and coeditor of numerous books, including Wildlife in the Marketplace (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995) and The Privatization Process (Rowman & Littlefield, 1996).Roger E. Meiners is professor of law and economics at the University of Texas at Arlington and a senior associate at the Political Economy Research Center. He is the coauthor of Gridlock in Government: How to Break the Stagnation of America and Managing in the Legal Environment, and coeditor of many books, including Taking the Environment Seriously (Rowman & Littlefield, 1993).

Who Owns the Environment throws down a challenge to society: if we really want to protect the natural world, we need to be ready to pay for it. . . . accessible to scholars from many backgrounds, including the humanities. Anyone with an interest in property rights and environmental issues would benefit from reading this book.

• Chapter 1 Property Rights and Externalities: Problems and SolutionsChapter 2 Private Property Rights as the Basis for Free Market EnvironmentalismChapter 3 Property Rights, the Environment, and Economic Well-BeingChapter 4 Property Rights as a Natural Order: Reciprocity Evolutionary and Experimental ConsiderationsChapter 5 The Common Law and the Environment: The Canadian ExperienceChapter 6 Coase, Pigou, and Environmental RightsChapter 7 Existence Values and Other of Life's IllsChapter 8 From Stakeholders to Stockholders: A View from Organizational TheoryChapter 9 Habitat Preservation: A Property Rights PerspectiveChapter 10 Viewing Wildlife through Coase-Colored GlassesChapter 11 Cooperating on the Commons: Case Studies in Community FisheriesChapter 12 The Constitutional Protection of Private PropertyChapter 13 Index

Peter J. Hill is professor of economics at Wheaton College, where he holds the George F. Bennett Chair. He is a senior associate at the Political Economy Research Center. He is the coauthor of Eco-Sanity: A Common Sense Guide to Environmentalism (Madison Books) and coeditor of numerous books, including Wildlife in the Marketplace (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995) and The Privatization Process (Rowman & Littlefield, 1996).Roger E. Meiners is professor of law and economics at the University of Texas at Arlington and a senior associate at the Political Economy Research Center. He is the coauthor of Gridlock in Government: How to Break the Stagnation of America and Managing in the Legal Environment, and coeditor of many books, including Taking the Environment Seriously (Rowman & Littlefield, 1993).

Who Owns the Environment throws down a challenge to society: if we really want to protect the natural world, we need to be ready to pay for it. . . . accessible to scholars from many backgrounds, including the humanities. Anyone with an interest in property rights and environmental issues would benefit from reading this book.

• Chapter 1 Property Rights and Externalities: Problems and SolutionsChapter 2 Private Property Rights as the Basis for Free Market EnvironmentalismChapter 3 Property Rights, the Environment, and Economic Well-BeingChapter 4 Property Rights as a Natural Order: Reciprocity Evolutionary and Experimental ConsiderationsChapter 5 The Common Law and the Environment: The Canadian ExperienceChapter 6 Coase, Pigou, and Environmental RightsChapter 7 Existence Values and Other of Life's IllsChapter 8 From Stakeholders to Stockholders: A View from Organizational TheoryChapter 9 Habitat Preservation: A Property Rights PerspectiveChapter 10 Viewing Wildlife through Coase-Colored GlassesChapter 11 Cooperating on the Commons: Case Studies in Community FisheriesChapter 12 The Constitutional Protection of Private PropertyChapter 13 Index

Peter J. Hill is professor of economics at Wheaton College, where he holds the George F. Bennett Chair. He is a senior associate at the Political Economy Research Center. He is the coauthor of Eco-Sanity: A Common Sense Guide to Environmentalism (Madison Books) and coeditor of numerous books, including Wildlife in the Marketplace (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995) and The Privatization Process (Rowman & Littlefield, 1996).Roger E. Meiners is professor of law and economics at the University of Texas at Arlington and a senior associate at the Political Economy Research Center. He is the coauthor of Gridlock in Government: How to Break the Stagnation of America and Managing in the Legal Environment, and coeditor of many books, including Taking the Environment Seriously (Rowman & Littlefield, 1993).

Who Owns the Environment throws down a challenge to society: if we really want to protect the natural world, we need to be ready to pay for it. . . . accessible to scholars from many backgrounds, including the humanities. Anyone with an interest in property rights and environmental issues would benefit from reading this book.

• Chapter 1 Property Rights and Externalities: Problems and SolutionsChapter 2 Private Property Rights as the Basis for Free Market EnvironmentalismChapter 3 Property Rights, the Environment, and Economic Well-BeingChapter 4 Property Rights as a Natural Order: Reciprocity Evolutionary and Experimental ConsiderationsChapter 5 The Common Law and the Environment: The Canadian ExperienceChapter 6 Coase, Pigou, and Environmental RightsChapter 7 Existence Values and Other of Life's IllsChapter 8 From Stakeholders to Stockholders: A View from Organizational TheoryChapter 9 Habitat Preservation: A Property Rights PerspectiveChapter 10 Viewing Wildlife through Coase-Colored GlassesChapter 11 Cooperating on the Commons: Case Studies in Community FisheriesChapter 12 The Constitutional Protection of Private PropertyChapter 13 Index