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Author Pearson, Charles S.

Title Economics and the global environment / Charles S. Pearson
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000

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Description xxiv, 583 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction and plan of the book -- 2. Interactions and tradeoffs -- 3. Welfare, efficiency, equity, and the roots of environmental degradation -- 4. Issues of time -- 5. How clean is clean enough? -- 6. The Government's tool kit -- 7. Trade and environment: an overview of theory -- 8. Theory of Trade and environment: a diagrammatic exposition -- 9. Theory of policy: partial equilibrium, terms of trade and distributional issues -- 10. Trade-environment policy: evolution of the debate and taxonomy of the issues -- 11. Institutional and policy responses: OECD, WTO/GATT. EU, NAFTA -- 12. Empirical studies -- 13. International environmental externalities: theory and policy responses -- 14. Economics and global warming -- 15. Economics and ocean fisheries -- 16. Perspectives on sustainable development -- 17. Measuring sustainable development -- 18. Trade, environment and sustainable development: Thailand's mixed experience -- 19. Looking back, looking forward
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-572) and index
Subject Environmental economics.
Environmental policy -- International cooperation.
Sustainable development.
LC no. 99054674
ISBN 0521770025 (cased)
052177988X (paperback)