Environmental Economics
"We have all been waiting for a first-rate textbook on environmental economics. Charles Kolstad's excellent new book was worth the wait."--William D. Nordhaus, Yale University"Kolstad's new book is a treasury of economic analytical concepts and tools used to study environmental problems and design institutional responses to them. It fills a critical gap and will be highly valued by advanced undergraduates and graduate students."--David Bradford, Princeton University"This book will serve an important market niche. Because it focuses only on environmental economics rather than the larger field of environmental and resource economics, it does a better job of thoroughly covering the topics. It provides a rigorous, yet accessible treatment of many topics that are not satisfactorily covered in current environmental economics books."--Catherine L. Kling, Iowa State University"The treatment is thorough, clear, and concise. It differs from other texts in the field by including a more detailed coverage of valuation methods, legal liability, and asymmetric information. It fills a particular niche in the market for undergraduate texts."--Charles Perrings, The University of York"There are hardly any textbooks available with this focus that can be used effectively for undergraduate teaching. This book fills a void in the textbooks currently available in the market on environmental economics for upper-level undergraduate students."--Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"Kolstad fulfills his promise of providing a solid and comprehensive treatment of environmental economics for upper division economics majors."--James Roumasset, University of Hawaii"Presents the subject with sufficient depth to make it more useful than other undergraduate books in this area. The international section is very helpful."--Walter C. Labys, West Virginia University