Natural Resource And Environmental Policy Analysis

George M. Johnston is an associate economist with Planning and Development Collaborative International (PADCO). David Freshwater is a senior economist with the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress. Philip Favero is an associate professor and extension economist at the University of Maryland.

• 1 The Role of Economics in Natural Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis Part One Political Institutions and Economic Outcomes Introduction 2 Institutions, Incentives, and Agricultural Land Policy: A Case Study of a Wisconsin Law 3 State Water Management Policy: The Florida Experience 4 Land Use Policies, Water Quality, and the Chesapeake Bay 5 Nuclear Waste Disposal Policy: Socioeconomic Impact Management Issues Part Two Economic Efficiency in Policy Analysis Introduction 6 Acid Rain: An Issue in Canadian-U.S. Relations 7 National Forest Management: The Issue of Below-Cost Sales 8 Economic Rationale in the Development of Fisheries Management: Atlantic Striped Bass 9 Dividing the Waters: Designing Management Institutions for the Columbia River Part Three Policy Analysis Using Mathematical Models 10 Pest Management: Factors Influencing Farmer Decision making 11 The Greenhouse Effect and the Canadian Prairies: Simulation of Future Economic Impacts 12 Energy Policy Analysis: Alternative Modeling Approaches