The Economics of Environmental Protection Swipe Insight Peter Bohm

A selection of 16 essays ranging from the 1960s to forthcoming publication in which Bohm (economics, Stockholm U.) considers externalities and public goods, mostly as they relate to environmental policy. They revolve around the two major themes of searching for efficient instruments for environmental policy, especially global policy; and mechanisms for revealing the demand for public goods, in this case environmental protection. Among other topics, he discusses the concept of externalities, an efficiency comparison of environmental policy instruments, policies to protect the ozone layer, the trade in carbon-dioxide quotas as an efficient policy to reduce the risk of climatic change, and the feasibility of eliciting parties' willingness to pay for environmental protection and other public goods. Of interest to economists and policy makers. No subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR