ABSTRACT

Written in a way that facilitates understanding of complex concepts, laws, and policy, Production, Growth, and the Environment: An Economic Approach explores how economic growth usually makes people better off, but also asks at what environmental cost? These costs are not often realized until after the fact, when their remediation is more expensive

chapter 1|20 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|24 pages

Review of Microeconomic Tools

chapter 4|28 pages

Economic Growth and the Environment

chapter 6|22 pages

Estimating Environmental Performance

chapter 7|16 pages

Public Goods and Bads

chapter 9|24 pages

Valuing Environmental Resources

chapter 10|18 pages

Endangered Species

chapter 12|24 pages

Renewable Resources

chapter 13|18 pages

Transaction Costs and Institutional Choice

chapter 14|8 pages

Retrospect and Future Prospects