| 書目名稱 | Economics of the Environment | | 副標(biāo)題 | Theory and Policy | | 編輯 | Horst Siebert | | 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/303/302045/302045.mp4 | | 圖書封面 |  | | 描述 | "The IIlbor of nature is paid, not because she does little. In proportion as she becomes niggardly in her gifts, she exacts a greater price for her work. Where she is munificently benefi- cient, she always works gratis. " David Ricardo * This book interprets nature and the environment as a scarce resource. Whereas in the past people lived in a paradise of environmental superabundance, at present environmental goods and services are no longer in ample supply. The environ- ment fulfIlls many functions for the economy: it serves as a public-consumption good, as a provider of natural resources, and as receptacle of wastes. These dif- ferent functions compete with each other. Releasing more pollutants into the environment reduces environmental quality, and a better environmental quality implies that the environment‘s use as a receptacle of wastes has to be restrained. Consequently, environmental disruption and environmental use are by nature allocation problems. This is the basic message of this book. If a resources is scarce and if a zero price is charged for its use, then misal- location will result. The environment as a receptacle of wastes is heavily over- used, and consequently env | | 出版日期 | Book 19923rd edition | | 關(guān)鍵詞 | Envirnomental Economics; Umwelt; Umweltpolitik; Umwelt?konomie; allocation theory; environment; environmen | | 版次 | 3 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02842-1 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-662-02842-1 | | copyright | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1992 |
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