Explorations in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Edited by Robert Halvorsen, Professor of Economics and David F. Layton, Professor of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, US

• Contents:ForewordIntroductionPART I: CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES1. Bioeconomics of Metapopulations: Sinks, Sources and Optimal ClosuresJames E. Wilen and James N. Sanchirico2. The Optimal Treatment of Disease under a Budget ConstraintRobert Rowthorn3. Coordinating Conservation on Private LandsGregory M. Parkhurst and Jason F. Shogren4. Forest Management under the Endangered Species ActDean Lueck and Jeffrey A. MichaelPART II: RESOURCE MODELING, GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY5. Is the Environmental Kuznets Curve an Empirical Regularity?Robert T. Deacon and Catherine S. Norman6. Economic Growth and Natural Resources: Does the Curse of Natural Resources Extend to the 50 US States?Ronald N. Johnson7. Fishes and Trees, or Continuous vs. Discrete HarvestingMartin L. Weitzman8. The Grand Unified Theory of Natural Resource Economics: A Special CaseMark L. PlummerPART III: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF VALUATION9. Environmental Valuation under Dynamic Consumer BehaviorJinhua Zhao and Catherine L. Kling10. Caught in a Corner: Using the Kuhn–Tucker Conditions to Value Montana SportfishingCraig Mohn and Michael Hanemann11. The Economic Valuation of Shoreline: 30 Years LaterRaymond B. Palmquist and Charles M. Fulcher12. From Ratings to Rankings: The Econometric Analysis of Stated Preference Ratings DataDavid F. Layton and S. Todd LeeAppendix: Publications of Gardner M. Brown, JrIndex

'The papers in this book are a great cross section of work going on in natural resource economics, the visible output of ongoing research programs being pursued by a talented group of economists. . . The book would be an excellent one for newcomers in the field to peruse; they will get an idea of the range of topics being addressed, and Gardner Brown's pursuit of them with creativity, care, and rigor, which are the prime legacies that he offers to the profession.'