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Environmental Economics, 2/e
Barry C. Field, University of Massachusetts
Nancy D. Olewiler, Simon Fraser University


Table of Contents

Preface

Section One: Introductory
Chapter 1: What Is Environmental Economics?
Chapter 2: Linkages between the Economy and the Environment: A Taxonomy

Section Two: Analytical Tools
Chapter 3: Benefits and Costs, Supply and Demand
Chapter 4: Economic Efficiency and Markets
Chapter 5: The Economics of Environmental Quality

Section Three: Benefit-Cost Analysis
Chapter 6: Framework of Analysis
Chapter 7: Benefit–Cost Analysis: Benefits
Chapter 8: Benefit–Cost Analysis: Costs

Section Four: Environmental Policy Analysis
Chapter 9: Criteria for Evaluating Environmental Policies
Chapter 10: Liability Laws, Property Rights, Moral Suasion, Green Goods
Chapter 11: Standards
Chapter 12: Emission Taxes and Subsidies
Chapter 13: Transferable Discharge Permits
Chapter 14: Environmental Policies in Perspective

Section Five: Environmental Policy in Canada
Chapter 15: Environmental Policy in Canada: An Overview
Chapter 16: Water Pollution-Control Policy
Chapter 17: Air Pollution-Control Policy
Chapter 18: Policy on Toxic and Hazardous Substances
Chapter 19: Recycling, Solid Waste Disposal, and Land Use
Chapter 20: Global Environmental Problems

Glossary
Glossary of Acronyms
Selected References
Index of Names
Index of Subjects





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