The RFF reader in environmental and resource policy /

Corporate Author: Resources for the Future.
Other Authors: Oates, Wallace E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, c2006.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • An economic perspective on environmental policy and resource management : an introduction / Wallace E. Oates
  • What the science says : how we use it and abuse it to make health and environmental policy / James Wilson, J. W. Anderson
  • Using science soundly : the Yucca Mountain standard / Robert W. Fri
  • Economics clarifies choices about managing risk / Myrick Freeman III, Paul R. Portney
  • Health-based environmental standards : balancing costs with benefits / Paul R. Portney, Winston Harrington
  • Discounting the future : economics and ethics / Timothy J. Brennan
  • Time and money : discounting's problematic allure / Paul R. Portney
  • How much will people pay for longevity? / Alan J. Krupnick
  • The Faustian bargain : risk, ethics, and nuclear energy / Allen V. Kneese
  • Market-based approaches to environmental policy : a 'refresher' course / Paul R. Portney
  • Trading cases : five examples of the use of markets in environmental and resource management / James Boyd ... [et al.]
  • Economics incentives versus command and control / Winston Harrington, Richard D. Morgenstem
  • Unleashing the Clean Water Act : the promise and challenge of the TMDL approach to water quality / Jim Boyd
  • Penny-wise and pound-fuelish? : new car mileage standards in the United States / Paul R. Partney
  • Is gasoline undertaxed in the United States? / Ian Parry
  • Pay as you slow : road pricing to reduce traffic congestion / Ion Parry, Elena Safirova
  • Cleaner air, cleaner water : one can lead to the other in the Chesapeake Bay / Anonymous
  • Accounting for the environment / Spencer Banzhaf
  • Greening the GDP : is it desirable? Is it feasible? / Joel Darmstadter
  • Environmental federalism / Robert M. Schwab
  • The arsenic rule : a case for decentralized standard setting? / Wallace E. Oates
  • The interstate transport of air pollution : a regulatory dilemma / Alan Krupnick, Jhih-Shyang Shih
  • State innovation for environmental improvements : experimental federalism / Winston Harrington, Karen L. Palmer, Margaret Walls
  • Catching market efficiencies : quota-based fisheries management / James Sanchirico, Richard Newell
  • Marketing water : the obstacles and the impetus / Kenneth D. Frederick
  • Ecosystem management : an uncharted path for public forests / Roger A. Sedjo
  • Carving out some space : a guide to land preservation strategies / James Boyd, Kathryn Caballero, R. David Simpson
  • A market approach to land preservation / Virginia McConnell, Margaret Walls, Elizabeth Kopits
  • Preserving biodiversity as a resource / Roger A. Sedjo
  • Cost-effective conservation : a review of what works to preserve biodiversity / Paul Ferraro, R. David Simpson
  • Setting energy policy in the modern era : tough challenges lie ahead / William A. Pizer
  • Petroleum : energy independence is unrealistic / Ian W. H. Parry, J. W. Anderson
  • Coal : dirty cheap energy / J. W. Anderson
  • Nuclear power : clean, costly, and controversial / Paul R. Portney
  • Renewable sources of electricity : safe bet or tilting at windmills? / Joel Damstadter, Karen Palmer