The Economic Theory and Measurement of Environmental Benefits (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Some basic concepts; 3. The concept of consumer surplus; 4. Topics in the theory of consumer surplus measures; 5. Consumer surplus measures in quantity-constrained regimes; 6. Public goods and externalities in consumption; 7. How to overcome the problem of preference revelation; practical methodologies; 8. Discreet choice models and environmental benefits; 9. Consumer's surplus in an intertemporal context; 10. Welfare change measures in a risky world; 11. Money measures of the total value of environmental aspects; Notes; Bibliography; Index.