Some Research Priorities in Environmental Economics

As the United States and other economies have grown, the carrying-capacity of the planet C in regard to both natural resources and environmental quality C has become a greater concern. This is particularly true for common-property and open-access resources. While small communities frequently provide modes of oversight and methods for policing their citizens, the scale of society has grown, and commons problems have spread across communities and even across nations. No over-arching authority can offer complete control, and so commons problems have become more commonplace and more severe