Questions from Environmental Economics

Q: What is the relationship between economic growth, population growth, and

What is the relationship between economic growth, population growth, and environmental quality in developing countries?

Q: Consider the example of the three homeowners around the lake (the

Consider the example of the three homeowners around the lake (the ones depicted in Table 4.2). Suppose the lake was cleaned up to the efficient level of 2 ppm and that the total costs of the cleanup w...

Q: Environmental pollution is, for the most part, reversible, in

Environmental pollution is, for the most part, reversible, in the sense that it can be decreased if the appropriate steps are taken. What are the pros and cons, therefore, of using sustainability as a...

Q: Another way of increasing the use of recycled material by industry is

Another way of increasing the use of recycled material by industry is to subsidize its purchase of materials taken from the waste stream. How would you analyze this in terms of Figure 17.2? Figure 17...

Q: What are the two primary alternative explanations for the demographic patterns found

What are the two primary alternative explanations for the demographic patterns found in the vicinity of many hazardous-waste dump sites?

Q: Refer to Figure 21.1. How would a technology transfer

Refer to Figure 21.1. How would a technology transfer from country A to country B alter the PPC? Figure 21.1

Q: Why has trade policy been effective in protecting some endangered species and

Why has trade policy been effective in protecting some endangered species and not others?

Q: Environmental policy is sometimes criticized for being a white, middle-

Environmental policy is sometimes criticized for being a white, middle-class preoccupation. How might you interpret this position, using the concepts presented in this chapter?

Q: If emission standards are ruled out because of, for example,

If emission standards are ruled out because of, for example, the impossibility of measuring emissions (as in nonpoint-source emissions), what alternative types of standards might be used instead?

Q: Figure 3.10 illustrates the derivation of an industry supply curve

Figure 3.10 illustrates the derivation of an industry supply curve under competitive conditions where each firm receives the same price for its output. What is the relationship of this procedure to th...