Environment and resource policies for the world economy:
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Main Author: Cooper, Richard N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution 1994
Series:Integrating national economies
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-87) and index
1. Introduction -- 2. Natural Resources -- 3. Common Heritage. Antarctica. Outer Space. Ocean Seabed. Harvesting the Oceans. The Atmosphere -- 4. Economic Activities with No Transborder Externalities -- 5. Economic Activities with Transborder Externalities. Ozone Depletion. Global Climate Change. Risk Aversion. International Considerations. Implications for U.S. Policy. 6. Conclusions -- Comments / Kym Anderson and John Whalley
In this book, part of the Brookings Integrating National Economies series, Richard N. Coopers evaluates the need for international policy action in natural resource and environmental management. Taking into account the diversity of individual states' circumstances and priorities, Cooper concludes that stiff environmental regulations generally are not the best answer to environmental management. He explains that developing countries are not likely to take actions to improve environmental hazards if those actions risk slowing their economic growth. Instead, policies that provide incentives for compliance with international standards are needed. The book outlines past international actions, what has worked and what has not, and provides recommendations for future action
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 94 pages)
ISBN:0585189072
0815715455
0815715463
9780585189079

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