Production, growth, and the environment : an economic approach / William L. Weber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weber, William L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written in a way that facilitates understanding of sometimes difficult concepts and laws, this book discusses the demographic transition and the escape from the Malthusian trap. It also covers the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis that examines the relation between polluting outputs and economic welfare. The author integrates environmental valuation methods with the production possibility frontier approach. He examines natural resource questions regarding the optimal time to extract non-renewable resources and also examines the optimal harvest rule for renewable resources such as timber a

Contents:

Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Review of Microeconomic Tools; 3. Indicators of Environmental and Economic Well-Being; 4. Economic Growth and the Environment; 5. Joint Production of Desirable and Undesirable Outputs; 6. Estimating Environmental Performance; 7. Public Goods and Bads; 8. Externalities and Common Property Resources; 9. Valuing Environmental Resources; 10. Endangered Species; 11. Interest Rates, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and Nonrenewable Resources; 12. Renewable Resources

13. Transaction Costs and Institutional Choice14. Retrospect and Future Prospects; Answers to Selected End of Chapter Questions; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 7, 2014).

ISBN:

1-04-019745-0

0-429-09502-3

1-4822-4306-7

9780429095023

OCLC:

885122026