Overview
Making the Environment Count brings together, in one accessible volume, an outstanding selection of Alan Randall's essays published over the past 30 years. It explores ideas on making the environment count from a conceptual perspective and addresses a range of topics pertinent to the study of environmental economics." "By improving access to Alan Randall's many important contributions, this volume makes a significant addition to the literature and will be welcomed by environmental economists.Synopsis
Making the Environment Count brings together, in one accessible volume, an outstanding selection of Alan Randall's essays published over the past 30 years. It explores ideas on making the environment count from a conceptual perspective and addresses a range of topics pertinent to the study of environmental economics." "By improving access to Alan Randall's many important contributions, this volume makes a significant addition to the literature and will be welcomed by environmental economists.
Booknews
Assembles into a single volume 17 book chapters and essays Randall (agricultural, environmental, and developmental economics, Ohio State U.) has published between 1972 and 1999. They discuss such matters as the limits of markets in reflecting environmental quality, and the implications of this for policy and institutional design; cost-benefit analysis, with an emphasis on its welfare-theoretic foundations and its ability to reflect the public's demand for environmental quality; conservation, biodiversity, and sustainability; methodology; and the ethical foundations of public policy. Only authors are indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)