Gardner M. Brown, Jr. has been a leading innovator in the development of environmental and natural resource economics. This book comprises essays written in his honor by some of the most distinguished economists working in this field

This paper is concerned with an economic phenomenon known as "Dutch Disease": an economy's manufacturing sector declines as a result of a resource boom. We look into related supply-side aspects which appear to be significant if seen from the viewpoint of microeconomic general equilibrium theory....