"Economics and the Environment 6th Edition, provides a rigorous and comprehensive presentation of the "standard analysis," including the property-rights basis of environmental problems, efficient pollution control, benefit-estimation procedures, and incentive based procedures. This book examines...

The environment and economics -- Normative and positive economic analysis -- Social choice : how much environmental protection? -- Efficiency and markets -- Market failure : public goods, public bads, and externalities -- Making decisions about environmental programs -- Demand for environmental...