Handbook on the Economics of Natural Resources

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

• Contents:PART INONRENEWABLE RESOURCES1. Basic Economics of Nonrenewable Resource Use John M. Hartwick2. The Hotelling Model with Multiple Demands Gérard Gaudet and Stephen W. Salant3. Empirical Evidence on the Theory of Nonrenewable Resource EconomicsJohn Livernois and Henry Thille4. The Taxation of Nonrenewable Natural ResourcesGérard Gaudet and Pierre Lasserre5. Rent Taxes and Royalties in Designing Fiscal Regimes for Nonrenewable ResourcesRobin Boadway and Michael Keen6. The Political Basis of the Resource Curse Richard M. AutyPART IIMODELING OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES 7. Bioeconomics: Nature as CapitalEli P. Fenichel, Sathya Gopalakrishnan and Onon Bayasgalan8. The Forest Harvesting Problem: Have We Reached the Limit of Our Understanding?Gregory S. Amacher9. Biological Resistance Ramanan Laxminarayan and Markus HerrmannPARTIIICONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES10. Structuring Rights and Privileges in Catch Share Systems Daniel Holland11. Spatial Economics of Forest ConservationHeidi J. Albers and Elizabeth J.Z. Robinson12. Ecosystem ServicesEdward B. Barbier13. Conservation Prioritization Using Reserve Site Selection MethodsStephen C. Newbold and Juha SiikamakiPART IVWATER RESOURCES14. Water EconomicsR. Quentin Grafton and Sarah Wheeler15. Water Rate Policy: Prescription and PracticeRonald Griffin16. Water Institutions and the Law of One PriceEric C. Edwards and Gary D. Libecap17. Water Quality and Economics: Willingness to Pay, Efficiency, Cost-effectiveness, and New Research FrontiersYusuke Kuwayama and Sheila Olmstead 18. Transboundary Water IssuesEdward B. Barbier and Anik BhaduriIndex

'This book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to know how the field of Natural Resource Economics - broadly defined - has progressed over the past 20 years, and where it is headed in the future. It is an excellent collection of papers on the subject.'