Handbook of Environmental Economics

Updates key theoretical insights from literature on economics with insights from the world of policy

Partha Dasgupta (Volume editor), Subhrendu K. Pattanayak (Volume editor), V. Kerry Smith (Volume editor)

9780444537720, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 24 October 2018

496 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3 cm, 1.18 kg

"Ten papers explore the impacts of climate change, focusing on the scale of these impacts, their associated policies, and people’s responses to them." --Journal of Economic Literature

Handbook in Environmental Economics, Volume 4, the latest in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting timely chapters on Modeling Ecosystems and Economic Systems, Framing Sustainability Policy Questions: Who Leads – Ecology or Economics?, Valuing Natural Capital Within an Integrated Economic Ecological, Developing Economies, Urbanization, Climate Change and Health, Viewing Environmental Policy Instruments for Domestic and International Perspective, Quasi experimental Estimation of Environmental Policies, Environment Macro, The Rules for Formal and Informal Institutions in Managing Environmental Resources, and How Should Uncertainty Be Integrated into the Methods for Policy Evaluation?

1. Modeling Coupled Climate, Ecosystems, and Economic Systems William A. Brock and Anastasios Xepapadeas 2. Ecology and Economics in the Science of Anthropogenic Biosphere Change Charles Perrings and Ann Kinzig 3. The Nature of Natural Capital and Ecosystem Income Eli P. Fenichel, Joshua K. Abbott, and Seong Do Yun 4. Through the Looking Glass: Environmental Health Economics in Low and Middle Countries Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, Emily L. Pakhtigian, and Erin L. Litzow 5. The Farmer’s Climate Change Adaptation Challenge in Least Developed Countries Maximilian Auffhammer and Matthew E. Kahn 6. Selection and Design of Environmental Policy Instruments Thomas Sterner and Elizabeth J.Z. Robinson 7. Quasi-Experimental Methods in Environmental Economics: Opportunities and Challenges Olivier Deschenes and Kyle C. Meng 8. Environmental Macroeconomics: The Case of Climate Change John Hassler and Per Krusell 9. Causal inference in Environmental Conservation: The Role of Institutions Erin Sills and Kelly Jones 10. Uncertainty and Ambiguity in Environmental Economics: Conceptual Issues Geoffrey Heal and Antony Millner

Subject Areas: Microeconomics [KCC], Macroeconomics [KCB]