Economics and the environment

Preface -- Introduction -- Four economic questions about climate change -- How much pollution is too much? -- Ethics and economics -- Pollution and resource degradation as externalities -- The efficiency standard -- Measuring the benefits of environmental protection -- Measuring the costs of environmental protection -- The safety standard -- The sustainability standard -- Measuring sustainability -- Natural resources and ecosystem services -- Is more really better? consumption, welfare, and behavior -- Is government up to the job? -- The political economy of environmental regulation -- An overview of environmental legislation -- The regulatory record : achievements and obstacles -- How can we do better? -- Incentive-based regulation : theory -- Incentive-based regulation : practice -- Promoting clean technology : theory -- Energy policy and the future -- How can we solve global challenges? -- Poverty, population, and the environment -- Environmental policy in low-income countries -- The economics of global agreements -- Selected web sites for environmental and natural resource economists -- Author index -- Subject index