Author : Imad A. Moosa
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 21,94 MB
Release : 2014-11-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1782549242
øThe authors present an extensive survey of the empirical evidence on the determinants of environmental performance as well as the effects of environmental regulation on the costs of production, plant location, firm-level productivity, stock prices and
Author : Michael A. Livermore
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 15,82 MB
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 019993438X
This book argues in favor of using cost-benefit analysis globally and examines the positive impact it can have in developing countries using relevant case studies. The book discusses the potential for cost-benefit analysis to provoke a global shift toward stronger and more effective economic policies.
Author : John F. McEldowney
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,26 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Environmental law
ISBN : 9780857938206
Featuring an original introduction by the editors, this important collection of essays explores the main issues surrounding the regulation of the environment. The expert contributors illustrate that regulating the environment in the UK is conceptually complex, involves a diverse range of institutions, techniques and methodologies and crosses geographical and national boundaries. In the USA it is more formalised, juridical, adversarial and formally dependent upon legal rules. The articles highlight the fact that despite differences in the UK and the USA's regulatory styles, environmental regulation today has much in common with both traditions.
Author : Frank Ackerman
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 12,59 MB
Release : 2010-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1459604253
As clinical as it sounds to express the value of human lives, health, or the environment in cold dollars and cents, cost-benefit analysis requires it. More disturbingly, this approach is being embraced by a growing number of politicians and conservative pundits as the most reasonable way to make many policy decisions regarding public health and the environment. By systematically refuting the economic algorithms and illogical assumptions that cost-benefit analysts flaunt as fact, Priceless tells a ''gripping story about how solid science has been shoved to the backburner by bean counters with ideological blinders'' (In These Times). Ackerman and Heinzerling argue that decisions about health and safety should be made ''to reflect not economists' numbers, but democratic values, chosen on moral grounds. This is a vividly written book, punctuated by striking analogies, a good deal of outrage, and a nice dose of humor'' (Cass Sunstein, The New Republic). Essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of human health and environmental protection, Priceless ''shines a bright light on obstacles that stand in the way of good government decisions''.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 35,97 MB
Release : 2006-01-30
Category :
ISBN : 926401005X
An in-depth assessment of the most recent conceptual and methodological developments in cost-benefit analysis and the environment.
Author : Kenneth Joseph Arrow
Publisher : A E I Press
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 45,28 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
This primer highlights both the strengths and the limitations of benefit-cost analysis in the development, design, and implementation of regulatory reform.
Author : Lila Katz Barrera-Hernández
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 42,9 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198767951
Energy and resource activities bring benefits for many, but also impose costs on communities. This book uses cases studies from across the globe to examine the emergence of 'sharing' and the legal measures which seek to balance the costs of energy and resources projects.
Author : Nick Hanley
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 19,31 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 184980205X
An impressive piece of work that deserves to be on every European agricultural economist s bookshelf. Jean-Christophe Bureau, European Review of Agricultural Economics This is an excellent text that could be used in specialist academic courses in environmental and natural resource economics, ecological economics and cost benefit analysis, as well as in interdisciplinary courses in public policy, planning and environmental management. David James, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) is one of the most useful tools of applied economics for the social appraisal of public projects and government policies. Nick Hanley and Edward Barbier show how CBA can be applied to environmental policy choice and environmental resource management. They cover the conceptual underpinnings of CBA, practical methods for applying CBA, and a wide range of case study applications from Europe, North America and developing countries. Issues such as the value of ecosystem services and the special problems posed for CBA by environmental management are brought into close focus. The textbook is aimed at students on inter-disciplinary courses as well as those studying environmental economics, welfare economics and public policy. It will also be of interest to people in the policy community, NGOs and consultancy sectors.
Author : Carla Guerriero
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,23 MB
Release : 2019-12-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780128128855
Cost-benefit Analysis of Environmental Health Interventions clearly articulates the core principles and fundamental methodologies underpinning the modern economic assessment of environmental intervention on human health. Taking a practical approach, the book provides a step-by-step approach to assigning a monetary value to the health benefits and disbenefits arising from interventions, using environmental information and epidemiological evidence. It summarizes environmental risk factors and explores how to interpret and understand epidemiological data using concentration-response, exposure-response or dose-response techniques, explaining the environmental interventions available for each environmental risk factor. It evaluates in detail two of the most challenging stages of Cost-Benefit Analysis in 'discounting' and 'accounting for uncertainty'. Further chapters describe how to analyze and critique results, evaluate potential alternatives to Cost-Benefit Analysis, and on how to engage with stakeholders to communicate the results of Cost-Benefit Analysis. The book includes a detailed case study how to conduct a Cost-Benefit Analysis. It is supported by an online website providing solution files and detailing the design of models using Excel.
Author : Paul Portney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 2010-10-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1136524797
The first edition of Public Policies for Environmental Protection contributed significantly to the incorporation of economic analysis in the study of environmental policy. Fully revised to account for changes in the institutional, legal, and regulatory framework of environmental policy, the second edition features updated chapters on the EPA and federal regulation, air and water pollution policy, and hazardous and toxic substances. It includes entirely new chapters on market-based environmental policies, global climate change, solid waste, and, for the first time, coverage of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Portney, Stavins, and their contributors provide an invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers, industry professionals, and journalists---anyone who needs up-to-date information on U.S. environmental policy. With their careful explanation of policy alternatives, the authors provide an ideal book for students in courses about environmental economics or environmental politics.
