Siebert Economics of the Environment

Theory and Policy
4th Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-3-662-03127-8
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 307 Seiten, eBook

"The labor of nature is paid, not because she does much, but because she does little. In proportion as she becomes niggardly in her gifts, she exacts a greater price for her work. Where she is munificently benefi cent, she always works gratis." David Ricardo * This book interprets nature and the environment as a scarce resource. Whereas in the past people lived in a paradise of environmental superabundance, at pre sent environmental goods and services are no longer in ample supply. The envi ronment fulfills many functions for the economy: it serves as a public-con sumption good, as a provider of natural resources, and as receptacle of waste. These different functions compete with each other. Releasing more pollutants into the environment reduces environmental quality, and a better environmen tal quality implies that the environment's use as a receptacle of waste has to be restrained. Consequently, environmental disruption and environmental use are by nature allocation problems. This is the basic message of this book.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Siebert, Horst

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I Introduction.- 1 The Problem.- 2 Using the Environment — An Allocation Problem.- II Static Allocation Aspect.- 3 Production Theory and Transformation Space.- 4 Optimal Environmental Use.- 5 Environmental Quality as a Public Good.- 6 Property-Rights Approach to the Environmental Problem.- III Environmental-Policy Instruments.- 7 Incidence of an Emission Tax.- 8 Policy Instruments.- 9 Policy Instruments and the Casuistics of Pollution.- 10 The Political Economy of Environmental Scarcity.- IV Environmental Allocation in Space.- 11 Environmental Endowment, Competitiveness and Trade.- 12 Transfrontier Pollution.- 13 Global Environmental Media.- 14 Regional Aspects of Environmental Allocation.- V EnvironmeAntal Allocation in Time and under Uncertainty.- 15 Long Term Aspects of Environmental Quality.- 16 Economic Growth, Sustainability and Environmental Quality.- 17 Risk and Environmental Allocation.- About the Author.