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Eban Goodstein Department of Economics
518-584-5000 (2739) 811 N. Broadway
fax: 518-584-3023 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
I have just completed a textbook in environmental economics
(imaginatively titled Economics and the Environment) which will be
published in August by Prentice Hall. If you, or one of your
environmentally oriented colleagues, would like to be on the
mailing list for a review copy, please send me your name, address,
course title and prospective enrollment.
The book is designed to both compete with Tietenberg for the
mainstream market, but also push the debate in a more "ecological"
direction. Although intended for a course with an intro to micro
prereq, it has been used in draft form successfully in courses with
no prerequisite. It provides a rigorous and comprehensive
presentation of the "standard analysis", including the property-
rights basis of environmental problems, efficient pollution
control, benefit-estimation procedures, incentive-based regulation,
population dynamics, and international agreements. However, there
are also chapter length treatments of issues competing works fail
to address:
The ethical foundations of environmental economics (Chapter 2).
Economic growth and social welfare (Chapter 9).
Safety-based pollution standards (Chapter 10).
Political economy of environmental regulation (Chapter 11).
Monitoring and enforcement (Chapter 13).
The economics of "clean technology" (Chapters 16 and 17).
Energy policy (Chapter 18).
Sustainable development in poor countries (Chapters 19 and 21).
If there is a *good* chance you might use the book for the fall
semester, please make a note. It may be possible to send you a
manuscript copy so you can make an adoption decision earlier in the
summer.
eban
