Principles of Environmental and Resource Economics: A Guide for Students and Decision-Makers, Second Edition / Edition 2

by Henk Folmer, H. L. Gabel

Overview

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of a classic text provides a comprehensive, non-technical overview of the principles of environmental and resource economics. The distinguished group of authors offers both an introduction to the economic causes and consequences of environmental and resource problems and an assessment of recent developments in environmental policy instruments and corporate responses to environmental problems.

Comprehensive and authoritative, this new edition of Principles of Environmental and Resource Economics offers a non-technical state-of-the-art review which will be widely used as a teaching tool for upper undergraduate students and above as well as a reference point for practitioners and researchers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781840643817
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	07/25/2001
Series:	New Horizons in Environmental Economics series
Edition description:	2ND
Pages:	816
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Edited by Henk Folmer, Professor of Research Methodology, Groningen University and Professor of General Economics, Wageningen University, The Netherlands and H. Landis Gabel, Professor of Economics and Management, INSEAD, France

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction Part I: General Environmental Economics Part II: Business Environmental Economics Part III: Selected Topics Index

Editorial Reviews

'Written by leaders in the field, the individual chapters in this text transport students to the frontiers of the discipline. The eight chapters devoted to business environmental economics are especially timely and unique.'

Tom Tietenberg

'The book provides a very thorough analysis of environmental and resource economics, which has been revised and updated in this edition.'

Aslib Book Guide

'This rich collection of essays provides a splendid introduction both to the principles of environmental and resource economics and to their application to decision-making in the policy arena and in the business community. The essays, wide ranging in content, offer a viable and stimulating alternative to the standard text in the field.'

Wallace E. Oates

New edition of a text in which Folmer (Wageningen U. and Tilburg U.) and Gabel (INSEAD, France) present 22 contributions that offer both an introduction to the economic causes and consequences of environmental and resource problems and an assessment of recent developments in environmental policy instruments and corporate responses to environmental problems. The first part gives a broad overview of the misallocation problems in a market economy and analyzes the implications of policy and the problems involved in valuation. Subsequent articles provide further insights into topics such as international trade and environmental policy, social accounting, green taxation, waste management, and the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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