TY - BOOK AU - Berck,Peter AU - Helfand,Gloria E. TI - The economics of the environment SN - 9780321321664 (student) AV - HC79.E5 B4547 2011 U1 - 333.7 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson Addison-Wesley KW - Economic policy KW - Environmental aspects N1 - Economics and the environment -- Supply and demand : market forces and the environment -- Markets and market failure : a cause of environmental degradation -- Consumer behavior and the environment -- Measuring benefits to consumers -- Revealed preference -- Stated preference methods -- From production to pollution -- Production, pollution, output, and prices N2 - The Economics of the Environment completely integrates economics and environmental issues, explaining how both market successes and failures affect the... environment. This text also shows readers how to measure the value of environmental goods, the use of these measurements in weighing environmental costs against the benefits of economic activity, and the implementation of policies to correct market failures ER -