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The Economic Approach to Environmental Policy: The Selected Essays of A. Myrick Freeman III (New Horizons in Environmental Economics series) - Hardcover

Freeman III, A. M.

 
9781858987095: The Economic Approach to Environmental Policy: The Selected Essays of A. Myrick Freeman III (New Horizons in Environmental Economics series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1858987091 ISBN 13: 9781858987095
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

The Economic Approach to Environmental Policy draws together a selection of Myrick Freeman's most influential papers on key analytical and policy issues in the field of environmental economics.

The papers collected in this significant volume cover a wide range of topics pertinent to the study of environmental economics including:

  • the effects of environmental and resource policies on the distribution of income
  • the incorporation of distribution effects into environmental policy analysis
  • the role of economic incentives in environmental policy
  • the economic valuation of environment changes
  • the consideration of risk and uncertainty in economic valuation and policy making

This outstanding collection also includes several papers that communicate, in a non-technical way, the ethical basis of environmental economics and the economic approach to environmental policy.

It will be of great interest to academics and policymakers concerned with working in the area of environmental economics.

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About the Author

A. Myrick Freeman III, William D. Shipman Professor of Economics, Bowdoin College, US

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Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1858987091
ISBN 13 
9781858987095
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
512