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Preface xv Chapter 1: Introduction 1 economics and the environment 1 Global Climate Change 2 organization and Content of this Book 6 What We hope readers Will take away from this Book 9 Chapter 2: Economic Efficiency and Environmental Protection 11 economic efficiency 12 efficiency and environmental Policy 20 equating Benefits and Costs on the Margin 22 dynamic efficiency and environmental Policy 31 Conclusion 34 Chapter 3: The Benefits and Costs of Environmental Protection 35 Measuring Costs 35 evaluating the Benefits 44 Benefit-Cost analysis 55 Conclusion 68 Chapter 4: The Efficiency of Markets 69 Competitive Market equilibrium 70 the efficiency of Competitive Markets 74 Conclusion 78 Chapter 5: Market Failures in the Environmental Realm 80 externalities 81 Public Goods 85 the tragedy of the Commons 91 Conclusion 97 xii contents Chapter 6: Managing Stocks: Natural Resources as Capital Assets 99 economic scarcity 100 efficient extraction in two Periods 103 a Closer Look at the efficient extraction Path 105 What about Market Power? 110 the Critical role of Property rights 111 Conclusion 113 Chapter 7: Stocks That Grow: The Economics of Renewable Resource Management 114 economics of
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- Author
- Nathaniel O. Keohane, Sheila M. Olmstead (auth.)
- Publisher
- Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint : Island Press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781610916080
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Economics, Nature, Biology
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (69 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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