Environmental Economics and Policy

Environmental Economics and Policy is a best-selling text for environmental economics courses. Offering a policy-oriented approach, it introduces economic theory, empirical fieldwork, and case studies that illustrate how underlying economic principles provide the foundation for environmental policies.

Key features include:

1. Introductions to the theory and method of environmental economics, including externalities, benefit-cost analysis, valuation methods, and ecosystem goods and services.
2. Extensive coverage of major issues, including climate change mitigation and adaptation, air and water pollution, and environmental justice.
3. Boxed "Examples" and "Debates" throughout the text, highlighting global examples and major talking points.

This text is invaluable to undergraduate students of economics. Students will acquire a global perspective on how environmental economics has played, and can continue to play, a role in promoting fair and efficient environmental management.

The text is fully supported with end-of-chapter summaries, discussion questions, and self-test exercises. Additional online resources include references, as well as PowerPoint slides for each chapter.