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Environmental Economics : A Critique of Benefit-Cost Analysis
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Overview
For the past 25 years, governmental decision-makers have employed the economic approach of benefit-cost analysis for resource allocation decisions. Environmental Economics describes, in a non-technical, readily understandable way, why the actual practice of benefit-cost analysis in environmental settings is heavily biased against the environment. The book provides environmentalists with the tools necessary to show policy-makers that pursuing many policies with apparent costs greater than benefits are, in fact, welfare enhancing.
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- ISBN-13: 9780742546981
- ISBN-10: 0742546985
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Publish Date: April 2007
- Dimensions: 9.05 x 6.41 x 0.77 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.92 pounds
- Page Count: 198
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