Karine Nyborg

Gebundenes Buch

The Ethics and Politics of Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis

Beschreibung

Putting a price tag on the environment is controversial. The aim of this book is to discuss some of the ethical and political issues arising in the context of applied cost-benefit analysis and environmental valuation - and to do so using economic analysis, but in a language accessible to non-specialists. In particular, the author emphasizes the fundamental, but surprisingly often poorly understood distinction between normative and positive analysis, and the implications of this distinction for practical use of cost-benefit analyses.

Autor

Karine Nyborg is Professor of Economics at the University of Oslo, Norway. In addition to her research publications, she has contributed to the debate on environmental cost-benefit analysis through her participation in several Government-appointed expert commissions. She will be the President of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists during 2012 and 2013, and is also a fiction writer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780415586504
• ISBN-10: 041558650X
• Artikelnr.: 34226700