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Economics of Environmental Law

Author
Brooks R.R.W., Keohane N.O., Kysar D.A.
Date
2009
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-093171)
Publisher | Place of publication
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd | Cheltenham, United Kingdom
ISBN
978-1-84844-102-6
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Economy and environment
Abstract

The economic approach to environmental law and policy has become the dominant framework for analyzing pollution, resource management and many other environmental challenges throughout the world. This two-volume set presents essential articles from both the leading edge of methodological innovation in environmental law and economics and the bedrock of theory upon which all such innovations are built. The editors’ extensive introduction contextualizes the selected papers, highlighting the central theoretical and empirical challenges facing future advancement of this discipline. An impressive collection that is indispensable to policymakers, scholars and those with an interest in the developments in this ever-important field.

DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781785362903