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  • The Spatial Dimension In Environmental and Resource Economics

    Series series Environmental, Natural Resource and Sustainable Development Economics
    Although the spatial dimension is embedded in most issues studied by environmental and resource economics, its incorporation into economic models is not widespread. As a result, significant aspects of important problems remain hidden, which could lead to policy failures. This Element fills this gap by exploring how space can be integrated into environmental and resource economics. The emergence of ... Read more

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  • Lectures in Applied Environmental Economics and Policy

    Series Book 19 - World Scientific Lecture Notes in Economics and Policy
    This book presents a series of lectures on applied environmental economics and policy covering the following issues: environmental cost–benefit analysis; ecosystem services; ecosystems biodiversity and the economy; and sustainability.The first part introduces basic concepts in environmental cost–benefit analysis and explains in detail the choice of the discount rate. Distributional issues and ... Read more

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  • Advanced Mathematical Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics

    Series Book 13 - World Scientific Lecture Notes in Economics and Policy
    The most interesting issues in environmental and resource economics have an explicit temporal dimension, since variables of interest such as pollutants, greenhouse gases, biomass of biological resources, or the stocks of fossil fuels accumulate in the ambient environment or are depleted through human actions and natural processes.The purpose of these lectures is to present the mathematical tools ... Read more

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  • Resource Economics

    An Economic Approach to Natural Resource and Environmental Policy, Fourth Edition

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  • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight

    The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984-2019

    Series series Compass
    Over the last three decades, the Santa Fe Institute and its network of researchers have been pursuing a revolution in science.Ignoring the boundaries of disciplines and schools and searching for novel fundamental ideas, theories, and practices, this international community integrates the full range of scientific inquiries that will help us to understand and survive on a complex planet.This volume ... Read more

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  • Markets and the Environment, Second Edition

    Series series Foundations Contemporary Environmental
    A clear grasp of economics is essential to understanding why environmental problems arise and how we can address them. So it is with good reason that Markets and the Environment has become a classic text in environmental studies since its first publication in 2007. Now thoroughly revised with updated information on current environmental policy and real-world examples of market-based instruments, ... Read more

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  • Basic Mathematics for Economics, Business and Finance

    by EK Ummer ...
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  • Multiple Account Benefit-Cost Analysis

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    Most commonly used in economic and public policy decisions, benefit-cost analysis traditionally attempts to calculate a bottom line by assigning monetary values to all factors associated with a proposed project or action. By contrast, multiple account benefit-cost analysis recognizes that all values are complex and that not all consequences can be expressed in monetary terms or incorporated into ... Read more

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