Topics in Environmental Economics

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

Topics in Environmental Economics brings together in one volume a selection of research reports on five priority areas of environmental economics: policy instruments, cost-benefit analysis, cost efficiency, contingent valuation, and experimental economics. The contributions are written by a select group of scholars of international repute. The result is a survey of international and national policy issues and the way they are addressed by environmental economists. Readership: All those who have a scientific interest in environmental economics and policy. Reference source for those interested in major environmental policy issues, both global and national.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-12-05
Mått:210 x 297 x 15 mm
Vikt:694 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Economy & Environment
Antal sidor:250
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789048152971

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Innehållsförteckning

1: Policy Instruments.- 1. Markets for Tradeable CO2 Emission Quotas: Principles and Practice.- 2. Costs of Uniform and Differentiated Charges on a Polluting Input: An Application to Nitrogen Fertilisers in Sweden.- 2: Cost-Benefit Analysis.- 3. On the Proper Treatment of Defensive Expenditures in “Green” NNP Measures.- 4. Preserving Species without an Endangered Species Act: British Columbia’s Forest Practices Code.- 5. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of an Alternative Waste Treatment in Northern Norway. Use of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) instead of Coal in an Industrial Process. A Preliminary Analysis.- 3: Cost Efficiency.- 6. Emission Constraints, Emission Permits and Marginal Abatement Costs.- 7. Wetlands as a Nitrogen Sink — Estimation of Costs in the Laholm Bay.- 8. Cost Effective Reductions in the Agricultural Load of Nitrogen to the Baltic Sea.- 4: Contingent Valuation — Theory and Applications.- 9. Valuing the Wolf in Sweden: Are Benefits Contingent on the Supply?.- 10. A Test of Nonresponse Bias in a Mail Contingent Valuation Survey.- 11. Determination of WTP for a Change in Water Quality with Free Selection of Reference Points.- 5: Experimental Economics and the Contingent Valuation Method.- 12. Statistical Bias Functions: The Alchemy of Contingent Valuation?.- 13. Environmental Damage Assessment with Hypothetical Surveys: The Calibration Approach.- List of Contributors.