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2017 Environmental Economics

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By: Rachel Axton
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Decks in this class (13)

1. Global Warming
What are three key climate change...,
What four economic questions are ...,
What is global warming 3
18  cards
2. Ethics and Economics
What are normative questions 1,
What is the ethical foundation of...,
What is a biocentric view and how...
11  cards
3. Pollution & Resource Degradation as Externalities
Human production and consumption ...,
What is natural capital 2,
What is the result of overuse of ...
16  cards
4. The Efficiency Standard
What does the efficiency standard...,
What is a pareto efficient situat...,
What is the efficient outcome 3
16  cards
5. Measuring the benefits of environmental protection
What are the three non market ben...,
Describe the use value 2,
Describe the option value 3
27  cards
6. Measuring the costs of environmental protection
Explain the engineering approach ...,
What is the problem of the engine...,
Opportunity costs include what th...
15  cards
7. The sustainability standard
What is a stock pollutant and wha...,
What are flow pollutants 2,
What is another way that people m...
30  cards
8. Measuring sustainability
Simplistically explain the approa...,
Ecological economics intellectual...,
What is another name for ecologic...
27  cards
9. Natural resources and ecosystem services
What are non renewable resources 1,
What are renewable resources 2,
How do ecosystem services broaden...
27  cards
10. Consumption and welfare
What is the eastern paradox refer...,
The social norms that we satisfy ...,
Explain the rat race concept 3
14  cards
11. The political economy of environmental regulation
What are the two primary obstacle...,
What are the steps in the process...,
The us currently relies on a judi...
14  cards
12. Incentive-based regulation - theory
Why do economists argue for incen...,
What are two types of ib regulati...,
What is the cost effectiveness ru...
3  cards
13. Incentive based regulation - practice
0  cards

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