Baumol, William J. <br/><br/>
The theory of environmental policy/ 
William J. Baumol and Wallace E. Oates 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press,  1998. 
 - x, 299 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction: economic and environmental policy<br/><br/>Part I. On The Theory of Externalities<br/>2. Relevance and the theory of externalities<br/>3. Externalities: definition, significant types, and optimal-pricing conditions<br/>4. Externalities: formal analysis<br/>5. Uncertainty and the choice of policy instruments: price or quantity controls?<br/>6. Market imperfections and the number of participants<br/>7. Are competitive outputs with detrimental externalities necessarily excessive?<br/>8. Detrimental externalities and nonconvexities in the production set<br/>9. On optimal pricing of exhaustible resources<br/><br/>Part II. On The Design of Environmental Policy<br/>10. Introduction to Part II<br/>11. Efficiency without optimality: the charges and standards approach<br/>12. Marketable emission permits for protection of the environment<br/>13. Stochastic influences, direct controls, and taxes<br/>14. Taxes versus subsidies: a partial analysis<br/>15. Environmental protection and the distribution of income<br/>16. International environmental issues<br/>17. national or local standards for environmental quality? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521311120 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Environmental Policy<br/>Externalities (Economics)<br/>Quality of life
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.927  / BAU/T