Books in the The International Library of Environmental Economics and Policy series

Focusing on environmental taxation in practice, this volume collects key contributions on a range of topics, including comparisons of environmental taxation schemes in different countries, political economy issues and key aspects of concrete implementation.

Brings together a number of economic studies, which deal with water quality issues. This book focuses on the economic aspects of water quality including identifying the polluters' actions and incentives, designing and comparing control mechanisms, analyzing the costs and benefits of water quality programs, and managing transboundary water quality.

During a 30-year period the market for municipal solid waste has changed markedly. Some countries have implemented widespread collection schemes but everyone, everywhere agrees that MSW has to be disposed of safely. These essays explore the economics of MSW collection and disposal.

Presents literature on using stated preference information to place a monetary value on environmental amenities. This three volume set provides the key papers for understanding the historical development of contingent valuation, its theoretical and statistical foundations, and the major controversies.

A collection of refereed journal essays on the economics of sustainability. The editors chose to focus mainly on primary papers, rather than surveys, and the papers are organized primarily by date. The first three papers are classics by Dasgupta and Heal, Stiglitz, and Solow.

The study of land use is distinguished from the study of other economic goods because it is immobile, heterogenous, which implies quality differences and most importantly, it can be publicly or privately owned or a combination of both.