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The theory of environmental policy / William J. Baumol, Wallace E. Oates ; with contributions by V.S. Bawa and David F. Bradford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baumol, William J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy.
- Externalities (Economics).
- Expenditures, Public.
- Quality of life.
- Quality of Life.
- Medical Subjects:
- Quality of Life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 299 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.
- Contents:
- Machine derived contents note: Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Introduction: economic and environmental policy; Part I. On The Theory of Externalities: 2. Relevance and the theory of externalities; 3. Externalities: definition, significant types, and optimal-pricing conditions; 4. Externalities: formal analysis; 5. Uncertainty and the choice of policy instruments: price or quantity controls?; 6. Market imperfections and the number of participants; 7. Are competitive outputs with detrimental externalities necessarily excessive?; 8. Detrimental externalities and nonconvexities in the production set; 9. On optimal pricing of exhaustible resources; Part II. On The Design of Environmental Policy: 10. Introduction to Part II; 11. Efficiency without optimality: the charges and standards approach; 12. Marketable emission permits for protection of the environment; 13. Stochastic influences, direct controls, and taxes; 14. Taxes versus subsidies: a partial analysis; 15. Environmental protection and the distribution of income; 16. International environmental issues; 17. national or local standards for environmental quality?; Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781139173513 (electronic bk.)
- 1139173510 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90101324896
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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