7/24/2019 Changes Field Environmental Econ 7e

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Detailed List of Changes

The seventh edition contains much new material, including new exhibits and updated figures and tables. New contentsinclude:

Carbon taxes - Chapters 1 and 12

Pollution and GDP in India - Chapter 1 Oil spills from pipelines and trains - Chapter 2

Regulatory flexibility - Chapter 9

European emissions taxes - Chapter 12

Offset trading - Chapter 13

Emission rate trading - Chapter 13

Carbon market in California - Chapter 13

Controlling greenhouse gas emissions - Chapter

15 Energy-efficiency gap - Chapter 15

Burden of proof in toxic testing - Chapter 15 Social cost of carbon - Chapter 18

Globalization and the environment - Chapter 18

Clean Air Act updates - Chapter 5

Overall changesThe basic structure and sequence of chapters in this edition are unchanged although we have reorganized and updatedthe last section on global issues.

Sections 5 and 6 contain policy chapters, where we examine current developments in environmental policy with theanalytical tools developed earlier.

Section 5 is devoted to environmental policy in the United States, covering federal policy on water, air, and toxicmaterials. It also contains a chapter on environmental issues at the state and local levels, including recycling.

Section 6 looks at international environmental issues: global climate change, the economics of internationalenvironmental agreements, globalization, and economic development and the environment.

Chapter-by-Chapter Changes

SECTION 2 Analytic Toolso Chapter 4:Markets, Externalities, and Public Goods

! Replaces the 6th edition chapter titled Economic Efficiency and Markets.

SECTION 6 Global Environmental Issueso Chapter 18:The Global Environmento Chapter 19:International Environmental Agreementso Chapter 20:Globalizationo Chapter 21:Economic Development and the Environment

! This section has been reorganized with a greater emphasis on globalization.

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Environmental EconomicsField/Field7th edition

Hardback / 2017ISBN: 0078021898 / 9780078021893