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The Economics Of Pollution Control In The Asia Pacific

Edited by Robert Mendelsohn, Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, US and Daigee Shaw, President, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Taiwan
1996 384 pp Hardback 978 1 85898 307 3 £79.00 on-line discount £71.10

‘The coverage is balanced in terms of applied work, theoretical work and political economy. In the chapters devoted to theory, there are useful illustrations of modelling economic actors in the environmental scene. . . . A number of interesting and valuable insights can be obtained from reading the book. . . . In sum, this is a good collection of papers covering both theory and empirical work on environment economics with a strong focus on countries in East Asia. The book can be used by senior undergraduates or graduates taking an environmental economics course. It is highly recommended.’
– Euston Quah, The Manchester School

‘This is an excellent book which, because of its mathematical content, will be of most value to environmental economists.’
– Terence P. Curran, Journal of Asian Business

‘. . . a useful book which effectively discusses the application of traditionally western valuation techniques in nonwestern societies . . . this book will provide empirically minded readers of Kyklos a lot to be enthused about.’
– Amitrajeet Batabyal, Kyklos

The Economics of Pollution Control in the Asia Pacific adapts environmental economics to the special conditions of the region.

Contents: 1. Asia Pacific Environmental Economics 2. The Impact of Global Warming on Pacific Rim Countries 3. The Framework Convention and Climate Change Policy in Asia 4. The Impact of Climate Change on Rice Yield in Taiwan 5. Acute Health Effects of Major Air Pollutants in Taiwan 6. What is the Value of Reduced Morbidity in Taiwan? 7. Hedonic Housing Values and Benefits of Air Quality Improvement in Taipei 8. Estimation of the Benefit of Air Quality Improvement: An Application of Hedonic Price Technique in Seoul 9. Measuring the Benefits of Air Quality Improvement in Taipei: A Comparison of Contingent Valuation Elicitation Techniques 10. Exploring the Value of Drinking Water Protection in Seoul, Korea 11. Demand for Environmental Quality: Comparing Models for Contingent Policy Referendum Experiments 12. Hierarchical Government, Environmental Regulations, Transfer Payments and Incomplete Enforcement 13. Political Economy and Pollution Regulation: Price Regulation in Open Lobbying Economies 14. Doubtful Merits of Equal-rate Pigovian Taxes and Tradeable Permits in Controlling Global Pollution 15. Difficulty in Enforcing Efficient Prices for Regulating Shiftable Externalities 16. Optimal Environmental Quality Improvement in a Multi-Goods R&D Growth Model Index Contributors: R.C. Bishop, P. Chang, K.-L. Chen, Y. Chun, J. Coppel, L.-A. Fu, T.-T. Fu, J. Geaun, W. Harrington, W.-H. Hsieh, C.-H. Huang, V.T.Y. Hung, A. Krupnick, S.-J. Kwak, G.-P. Lee, H. Lee, J.-T. Liu, A.Y. Lu, R. Mendelsohn, W.H. Pan, C.S. Russell, D. Shaw, M.P. Welsh, H. Wu, P.-I. Wu, C.-H. Yang



This book is part of the New Horizons in Environmental Economics series. To view the rest of the series, please use the link.

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