Edited by Robert Mendelsohn, Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor Emeritus of Forest Policy, Yale School of Environment, Yale University, New Haven, US and Daigee Shaw, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

• Contents: 1. Asia Pacific Environmental Economics 2. The Impact of Global Warming on Pacific Rim Countries 3. The Framework Convention and Climate Change Policy in Asia 4. The Impact of Climate Change on Rice Yield in Taiwan 5. Acute Health Effects of Major Air Pollutants in Taiwan 6. What is the Value of Reduced Morbidity in Taiwan? 7. Hedonic Housing Values and Benefits of Air Quality Improvement in Taipei 8. Estimation of the Benefit of Air Quality Improvement: An Application of Hedonic Price Technique in Seoul 9. Measuring the Benefits of Air Quality Improvement in Taipei: A Comparison of Contingent Valuation Elicitation Techniques 10. Exploring the Value of Drinking Water Protection in Seoul, Korea 11. Demand for Environmental Quality: Comparing Models for Contingent Policy Referendum Experiments 12. Hierarchical Government, Environmental Regulations, Transfer Payments and Incomplete Enforcement 13. Political Economy and Pollution Regulation: Price Regulation in Open Lobbying Economies 14. Doubtful Merits of Equal-rate Pigovian Taxes and Tradeable Permits in Controlling Global Pollution 15. Difficulty in Enforcing Efficient Prices for Regulating Shiftable Externalities 16. Optimal Environmental Quality Improvement in a Multi-Goods R&D Growth Model Index

'The coverage is balanced in terms of applied work, theoretical work and political economy. In the chapters devoted to theory, there are useful illustrations of modelling economic actors in the environmental scene. . . . A number of interesting and valuable insights can be obtained from reading the book. . . . In sum, this is a good collection of papers covering both theory and empirical work on environment economics with a strong focus on countries in East Asia. The book can be used by senior undergraduates or graduates taking an environmental economics course. It is highly recommended.'

Edited by Robert Mendelsohn, Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor Emeritus of Forest Policy, Yale School of Environment, Yale University, New Haven, US and Daigee Shaw, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

• Contents: 1. Asia Pacific Environmental Economics 2. The Impact of Global Warming on Pacific Rim Countries 3. The Framework Convention and Climate Change Policy in Asia 4. The Impact of Climate Change on Rice Yield in Taiwan 5. Acute Health Effects of Major Air Pollutants in Taiwan 6. What is the Value of Reduced Morbidity in Taiwan? 7. Hedonic Housing Values and Benefits of Air Quality Improvement in Taipei 8. Estimation of the Benefit of Air Quality Improvement: An Application of Hedonic Price Technique in Seoul 9. Measuring the Benefits of Air Quality Improvement in Taipei: A Comparison of Contingent Valuation Elicitation Techniques 10. Exploring the Value of Drinking Water Protection in Seoul, Korea 11. Demand for Environmental Quality: Comparing Models for Contingent Policy Referendum Experiments 12. Hierarchical Government, Environmental Regulations, Transfer Payments and Incomplete Enforcement 13. Political Economy and Pollution Regulation: Price Regulation in Open Lobbying Economies 14. Doubtful Merits of Equal-rate Pigovian Taxes and Tradeable Permits in Controlling Global Pollution 15. Difficulty in Enforcing Efficient Prices for Regulating Shiftable Externalities 16. Optimal Environmental Quality Improvement in a Multi-Goods R&D Growth Model Index

'The coverage is balanced in terms of applied work, theoretical work and political economy. In the chapters devoted to theory, there are useful illustrations of modelling economic actors in the environmental scene. . . . A number of interesting and valuable insights can be obtained from reading the book. . . . In sum, this is a good collection of papers covering both theory and empirical work on environment economics with a strong focus on countries in East Asia. The book can be used by senior undergraduates or graduates taking an environmental economics course. It is highly recommended.'

Edited by Robert Mendelsohn, Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor Emeritus of Forest Policy, Yale School of Environment, Yale University, New Haven, US and Daigee Shaw, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

• Contents: 1. Asia Pacific Environmental Economics 2. The Impact of Global Warming on Pacific Rim Countries 3. The Framework Convention and Climate Change Policy in Asia 4. The Impact of Climate Change on Rice Yield in Taiwan 5. Acute Health Effects of Major Air Pollutants in Taiwan 6. What is the Value of Reduced Morbidity in Taiwan? 7. Hedonic Housing Values and Benefits of Air Quality Improvement in Taipei 8. Estimation of the Benefit of Air Quality Improvement: An Application of Hedonic Price Technique in Seoul 9. Measuring the Benefits of Air Quality Improvement in Taipei: A Comparison of Contingent Valuation Elicitation Techniques 10. Exploring the Value of Drinking Water Protection in Seoul, Korea 11. Demand for Environmental Quality: Comparing Models for Contingent Policy Referendum Experiments 12. Hierarchical Government, Environmental Regulations, Transfer Payments and Incomplete Enforcement 13. Political Economy and Pollution Regulation: Price Regulation in Open Lobbying Economies 14. Doubtful Merits of Equal-rate Pigovian Taxes and Tradeable Permits in Controlling Global Pollution 15. Difficulty in Enforcing Efficient Prices for Regulating Shiftable Externalities 16. Optimal Environmental Quality Improvement in a Multi-Goods R&D Growth Model Index

'The coverage is balanced in terms of applied work, theoretical work and political economy. In the chapters devoted to theory, there are useful illustrations of modelling economic actors in the environmental scene. . . . A number of interesting and valuable insights can be obtained from reading the book. . . . In sum, this is a good collection of papers covering both theory and empirical work on environment economics with a strong focus on countries in East Asia. The book can be used by senior undergraduates or graduates taking an environmental economics course. It is highly recommended.'