The Economic Theory and Measurement of Environmental Benefits

• Author(s): Per-Olov Johansson,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 223
• ISBN_10: 0521348102
  ISBN_13: 9780521348102
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economic History , Business & Economics / Economics / Macroeconomics , Business & Economics / Economics / Theory , Business & Economics / Environmental Economics , Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection , Nature / Natural Resources ,

Description:... This book is an advanced text in welfare economics and its application to environmental economics. It provides, in the first chapters, a comprehensive survey of developments in the theory of measurement of welfare, and then applies this theory to environmental economics. The first part derives consumer surplus measures to be used in a timeless world, and the second part looks at international issues.