Pricing Nature: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Environmental Policy

by Edward B. Barbier

Book Overview

Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) is one of the most useful tools of applied economics for the social appraisal of public projects and government policies. Nick Hanley and Edward Barbier show how CBA can be applied to environmental policy choice and environmental resource management. They cover the conceptual underpinnings of CBA, practical methods for applying CBA, and a wide range of case study applications from Europe, North America and developing countries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848444702
• ISBN13: 9781848444706
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.