This paper is the keynote speech delivered by Professor William Baumol at the First World Congress of Environmental Economists that was held in Venice on June 25-27, 1998. It analyses the situation of the environment under different economic regimes: the feudal society, Marxism and capitalism....

Vorwort des Rektors ; Johannes Burkhardt: Die Entdeckung des Handels. Die kommerzielle Welt in der Wissensordnung der Fr?hen Neuzeit ; Helmut Koopmann: Geld und Literatur im 18. Jahrhundert ; Henning Krau?: Der ?konomische Mensch. Politische Funktionen und literarische Bilder

When it comes to environmental quality preferences, it is popularly believed that Democrats (and more generally, liberals) are green while Republicans (conservatives) are brown. Does empirical evidence support this popular belief? We test the hypothesis that regional political identification...

Using modern methods for analyzing multi-level data, we find that, by and large, citizens of OECD countries are more satisfied with the way democracy works in their country if more environmental policies are in place and if environmental quality is higher. We also document that parents care...