This book explores frontier work at the intersection of experimental and environmental economics, with cutting edge research provided by premier scholars in the field. The book begins by focusing on improving benefit-cost analysis, which remains the hallmark of public policy decision-making...

The transfer study, a technique used in cost-benefit analysis, is an increasingly important tool used by government agencies to assess environmental regulatory policy. This innovative book develops protocols for using the transfer method to approach environmental problems and introduces several...

This book systematically addresses the issue of interdependence between road projects in a network, when prioritising and scheduling road expansion and maintenance. The book presents substantial applications for both rural and urban projects and to the optimization of maintenance. The authors...

This timely book deals with the problem of pricing passenger and freight transportation within Europe. The contributors argue that current legislation affecting pricing and regulation is increasingly less successful in dealing with market failures and externalities such as congestion, air...

pt. 1. Static and dynamic estimation of natural resource demand -- pt. 2. Valuation methods -- pt. 3. Estimation under uncertatinty -- pt. 4. Recent advances in econometrics methods applied to natural resource management.

1. Issues in water pricing reforms : from getting correct prices to setting appropriate institutions -- 2. Spatial environmental policy -- 3. Environmental equity and the siting of hazardous waste facilities in OECD Countries : evidence and policies -- 4. Strategies to conserve biodiversity --...

Introduction -- Need for public consultation and stated preference -- Stated preference : methods and challenges -- Qualitative methods -- Interpreting stated preference responses -- Investigating sensitivity to scope -- Constructing better preferences? -- Communal nature of stated preference --...

1. A reconsideration of environmental federalism / Wallace E. Oates -- 2. Global environmental governance, political lobbying and transboundary pollution / Surjinder Johal and Alistair Ulph -- 3. Endogenous transfrontier pollution / Michael Rauscher -- 4. Allocating greenhouse gas emissions...

Pollution, alternative fuels, congestion, intelligent transportation systems, and the shift from construction to maintenance all call for a reconsideration of the existing highway revenue mechanisms, especially the gas tax. David Levinson explores the fundamental theoretical basis of highway...

In this exhaustive study, the authors break new ground by integrating cutting edge insights on global warming from three different perspectives: game theory, cost-effectiveness analysis and public choice. For each perspective the authors provide an overview of important results, discuss the...