Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Change / Edition 1

by Per-Olov Johansson

Overview

This book is an advanced text in applied welfare economics and its application to environmental economics. The author goes far beyond the existing literature, deriving sets of rules that can be used to assess the social benefits and costs of private and public sector projects that affect the environment. Drawing on a number of empirical illustrations, this book will be of interest not only to those taking advanced courses in environmental economics, welfare economics, and public economics, but also as a reference for those undertaking project evaluations in government and business.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521447928
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/27/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Some basic concepts; 3. Consumer surplus measures; 4. Valuing public goods: practical methodologies; 5. General equilibrium cost-benefit rules; 6. Cost-benefit rules, national income accounts and sustainable development; 7. Valuation and aggregation; 8. Cost-benefit rules in a risky world; 9. Valuing changes in access conditions, health risks and information; 10. Empirical applications; 11. Policy instruments and international environmental problems.