Economics of the Environment: Theory and Policy

by Horst Siebert

Book Overview

The Problem.- Using the Environment - An Allocation Problem.- Static Allocation Aspect.- Production Theory and Transformation Space.- Optimal Environmental Use.- Environmental Quality as a Public Good.- Property-Rights Approach to the Environmental Problem.- Environmental-Policy Instruments.- Incidence of an Emission Tax.- Policy Instruments.- Policy Instruments and the Casuistics of Pollution.- The Political Economy of Environmental Scarcity.- Environmental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364209287X
• ISBN13: 9783642092879
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"