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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.

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.

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.

Many effects of environmental and energy policy are likely to disproportionately burden those with low income. These effects might hurt the poor more than the rich. This book brings together the seminal economics literature that studies whether these fears are valid and whether anything can be done about them.