Handbook of Environmental Economics: Environmental Degradation and Institutional Responses
Regular price
63.000 KD
inc. VAT
Couldn't load pickup availability
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents of Volume 1xvii
- Introduction to the Seriesv
- Contents of the Handbookvii
- Dedicationix
- Preface to the Handbookxi
- Perspectives on Environmental Economics1
- Chapter 1. Geophysical and Geochemical Aspects of Environmental Degradation7
- Abstract8
- Keywords8
- 1. Introduction9
- 2. The environmental system12
- 3. Air quality and air pollution15
- 4. Depletion of the ozone layer27
- 5. Water pollution and water management31
- 6. Acidification of fresh waters and soils36
- 7. Climate change and global warming39
- 8. Environmental stresses and sustainability56
- References57
- Chapter 2. Ecosystem Dynamics61
- Abstract62
- Keywords62
- 1. Introduction63
- 2. The nature of communities and ecosystems64
- 3. Terrestrial ecosystem patterns66
- 4. Ecosystem assembly72
- 5. Ecosystems as self-organizing systems76
- 6. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, and relations to ecosystem services80
- 7. Linkages to global biogeochemical cycling: The global carbon cycle84
- 8. The evolution of interactions and ecosystems, and the maintenance of ecosystem services: From Dar88
- Acknowledgements90
- References90
- Chapter 3. Property Rights, Public Goods and the Environment97
- Abstract98
- Keywords98
- 1. Introduction99
- 2. Taxonomy of property rights99
- 3. Scope and limitations of private property100
- 4. Publicness and the need for collective rights104
- 5. Outcomes under decentralized decision making106
- 6. The Coase theorem and limitations113
- 7. Methods and rules for managing collective property rights119
- 8. Conclusions123
- References123
- Chapter 4. Economics of Common Property Management Regimes127
- Abstract129
- Keywords129
- 1. Introduction130
- 2. Simple models of non-cooperative behavior and some implications for cooperative behavior140
- 3. Impediments to the design and implementation of efficient common property management systems166
- 4. Conclusions176
- Acknowledgements180
- Appendix. The endogeneity problem in collective action studies181
- References184
- Chapter 5. Population, Poverty, and the Natural Environment191
- Abstract192
- Keywords192
- Prologue193
- 1. Plan of the chapter196
- 2. Framing links between population, resources, and welfare197
- 3. Why the neglect?200
- 4. Why the neglect is wrong203
- 5. Population, poverty, and natural resources: Local interactions213
- 6. Education and birth control216
- 7. The household and gender relations220
- 8. Motives for procreation223
- 9. Reproductive and environmental externalities224
- 10. Institutional reforms and policies234
- Acknowledgements236
- Appendix. The village commons and household size236
- References240
- Chapter 6. The Theory of Pollution Policy249
- Abstract251
- Keywords251
- Introduction252
- 1. A simple model with a Pigouvian tax252
- 2. The effiuent-generating process254
- 3. Economic reasons for excess effiuent258
- 4. The damage function262
- 5. The objective function267
- 6. Alternative regulatory instruments274
- 7. Imperfect information287
- 8. Non-regulatory strategies294
- 9. Conclusion298
- Acknowledgements299
- References299
- Chapter 7. Mechanism Design for the Environment305
- Abstract306
- Keywords306
- 1. Introduction307
- 2. The model308
- 3. Complete information312
- 4. Incomplete information316
- Acknowledgements323
- References323
- Chapter 8. The Political Economy of Environmental Policy325
- Abstract326
- Keywords326
- 1. On theories of regulation: Some preliminaries328
- 2. On the empirical study of the political economy of environmental regulation: A few more prelimina331
- 3. Toward a positive theory of environmental regulation332
- 4. Empirical studies of the political economy of environmental protection339
- 5. Environmental federalism341
- 6. Concluding observations on some recent trends347
- Acknowledgements350
- References350
- Chapter 9. Experience with Market-Based Environmental Policy Instruments355
- Abstract356
- Keywords357
- 1. What are market-based policy instruments?358
- 2. Charge systems362
- 3. Tradeable permit systems392
- 4. Reducing market frictions408
- 5. Reducing government subsidies414
- 6. Lessons that emerge from experience416
- Acknowledgements422
- References422
- Chapter 10. Experimental Evaluations of Policy Instruments437
- Abstract438
- Keywords438
- Introduction439
- 1. Property-rights allocation as an instrument to eliminate the need for environmental policy440
- 2. Comparing environmental policy options442
- 3. Testing designs of emissions trading443
- 4. Market power and domestic emissions trading447
- 5. Experiments with international emissions trading450
- 6. Concluding remarks456
- Acknowledgements458
- References458
- Chapter 11. Technological Change and the Environment461
- Abstract462
- Keywords462
- 1. Introduction463
- 2. Fundamental concepts in the economics of technological change464
- 3. Invention and innovation469
- 4. Diffusion489
- 5. Conclusion504
- Acknowledgements506
- References507
- Author Index517
- Subject Index539
- Series Information546
- Forthcoming Titles548
The Handbook of Environmental Economics focuses on the economics of environmental externalities and environmental public goods. Volume I examines environmental degradation and policy responses from a microeconomic, institutional standpoint. Its perspective is dynamic, including a consideration of the dynamics of natural systems, and global, with attention paid to issues in both rich and poor nations. In addition to chapters on well-established topics such as the theory and practice of pollution regulation, it includes chapters on new areas of environmental economics research related to common property management regimes; population and poverty; mechanism design; political economy of regulation; experimental evaluations of policy instruments; and technological change.