Explorations in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: Essays in Honor of Gardner M. Brown, Jr. (New Horizons in Environmental Economics series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845421841 ISBN 13: 9781845421847

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Gardner M. Brown, Jr. has been a leading innovator in the development of environmental and natural resource economics. This book comprises essays written in his honor by some of the most distinguished economists working in this field.

The principal themes addressed include fundamental theoretical and empirical issues in the valuation of environmental and natural resources; the relationships between economic growth, natural resources and environmental quality; re-evaluation of some standard results in the dynamic modeling of renewable and non-renewable resources; the protection and management of biological resources; and the economics of antibiotic resistance.

The original papers within this book will be of great interest to academics and practitioners in the field of environmental and natural resource economics.

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Edited by Robert Halvorsen, Professor of Economics and David F. Layton, Professor of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, US

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845421841
• ISBN 13: 9781845421847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Halvorsen Robert, Layton David F.