This volume contains the proceedings of a conference at Freudenberg, Germany, that brought together some forty (environmental) economists from seven European countries and the U.S. in November 1990 to analy: se "Conflicts and Cooperation in Managing Environmental Resources". I should like to thank the Volkswagen-Stiftung whose finan- cial support made this conference possible. Additional funding by the Forschungsinstitut fur Geistes-und Sozialwissenschaften...