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Economics and the Environment—A Signalling and Incentives Approach, 2nd Edition

Economics and the Environment: A Signalling and Incentives Approach, 2nd Edition

by Ian Wills

2006 (402 pages)

ISBN:9781741145762

Introducing an economic way of thinking about environmental issues, without assuming a background in economics, this informative book offers a coherent framework for understanding our major environmental problems.

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Table of Contents

Economics and the Environment—A Signalling and Incentives Approach, 2nd Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments for the first edition
Part I - Social Coordination, the Economy and the Environment
Chapter 1	-	Introduction
Chapter 2	-	Scarcity and Systems of Social Coordination
Chapter 3	-	Social Coordination in Market and Planned Economies
Chapter 4	-	The Economy and the Environment
Part II - Limitations of Market Signalling and Incentives
Chapter 5	-	High Costs of Markets
Chapter 6	-	Non-Excludable Goods
Chapter 7	-	Common Pool Resources
Chapter 8	-	Limitations of Government Signalling and Incentives
Part III - Decision-Making Tools
Chapter 9	-	Decision Making Over Time
Chapter 10	-	Cost–Benefit Analysis of Environmental Changes
Chapter 11	-	Valuing the Environment
Chapter 12	-	Stated Preference Valuation Techniques
Chapter 13	-	Monitoring Changes in Economic–Environmental Systems 1a*
Part IV - Localised Environmental Problems
Chapter 14	-	The Economics of Pollution Control: Two Parties
Chapter 15	-	The Economics of Pollution Control: Many Parties
Chapter 16	-	Social Coordination in Waste Disposal and Recycling
Part V - Global Environmental Problems
Chapter 17	-	The Economics of Global Pollution: Ozone Depletion and Climate Change
Chapter 18	-	Management of Common Pool Resources
Chapter 19	-	The Economic Significance of Biodiversity
Chapter 20	-	The Economics of Biodiversity Loss
Chapter 21	-	Measures to Preserve Biodiversity
Part VI - Dealing With Uncertainty
Chapter 22	-	Social Coordination under Uncertainty
Chapter 23	-	Uncertainty Involving Ignorance and Irreversibility
Chapter 24	-	Economics and Environmental Problems: Important Lessons
Notes