Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Four Economic Questions about Global Warming PART I: HOW MUCH POLLUTION IS TOO MUCH? Chapter 2 Ethics and Economics Chapter 3 Pollution and Resource Degradation as Externalities Chapter 4 The Efficiency Standard Chapter 5 The Safety Standard Chapter 6 Sustainability: A Neoclassical View Chapter 7 Sustainability: An Ecological View Chapter 8 Measuring the Benefits of Environmental Protection Chapter 9 Measuring the Costs of Environmental Protection Chapter 10 Benefit Cost in Practice: Implementing the Efficiency Standard Chapter 11 Is More Really Better? Consumption and Welfare PART II: IS GOVERNMENT UP TO THE JOB? Chapter 12 The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation Chapter 13 An Overview of Environmental Legislation Chapter 14 The Regulatory Record: Achievements and Obstacles Chapter 15 Monitoring and Enforcement PART III: HOW CAN WE DO BETTER? Chapter 16 Incentive-Based Regulation: Theory Chapter 17 Incentive-Based Regulation: Practice Chapter 18 Promoting Clean Technology: Theory Chapter 19 Energy Policy and the Environment PART IV: CAN WE RESOLVE GLOBAL ISSUES? Chapter 20 Poverty, Population, and the Environment Chapter 21 Environmental Policy in Poor Countries Chapter 22 The Economics of Global Agreements