Karine Nyborg

The Ethics and Politics of Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136304736
• Artikelnr.: 38251404

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Basics 1. Introduction 2. The Purpose of a Project Analysis 3.
Types of Analysis 4. Efficiency Part II: Measurement of Utility and Welfare
5. Utility 6. Social Welfare 7. Equal Welfare Weights 8. Benefits Measured
in Environmental Units 9. Disagreement. 10. Willingness to Pay for the
Social Good 11. The Main Message So Far Part III: CBA and Democratic
Decision-Making 12. Democratic Decision-Making 13. Sufficient Background
Information 14. Indicators 15. Politicians' Attitudes to CBA Part IV:
Recommendations 16. What to Do? 17. Concluding Remarks

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Part I: Basics 1. Introduction 2. The Purpose of a Project Analysis 3. Types of Analysis 4. Efficiency Part II: Measurement of Utility and Welfare 5. Utility 6. Social Welfare 7. Equal Welfare Weights 8. Benefits Measured in Environmental Units 9. Disagreement. 10. Willingness to Pay for the Social Good 11. The Main Message So Far Part III: CBA and Democratic Decision-Making 12. Democratic Decision-Making 13. Sufficient Background Information 14. Indicators 15. Politicians' Attitudes to CBA Part IV: Recommendations 16. What to Do? 17. Concluding Remarks