The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Econ... - 9781858988269

The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 1998/1999A Survey of Current Issues\nAuthor(s): Tom Tietenberg, Henk Folmer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781858988269, 978-1858988269\nSynopsis\nThis major annual publication is an authoritative state-of-the-art survey of current issues in environmental and resource economics written by the leading academics in the [url] discipline of environmental and resource economics has undergone a rapid evolution over the past three decades with the early literature focusing mainly on valuation, and the design of policy instruments to correct externalities and encourage optimal resource exploitation. In the past few years, the field has broadened its scope by making numerous links with other disciplines in economics as well as the natural and physical sciences. As a result there has been an explosion in the literature which has made i.