The past several decades have witnessed a growing recognition that environmental concerns are essentially property rights issues. Despite agreement that an absence of well-defined and consistently enforced property rights results in the exploitation of air, water, and other natural resources, there is still widespread disagreement about many aspects of America's property rights paradigm. The prominent contributors to Who Owns the Environment? explore numerous theoretical and empirical possibilities for remedying these problems. An important book for environmental economists and those interested in environmental policy.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 Property Rights and Externalities: Problems and Solutions Chapter 2 Private Property Rights as the Basis for Free Market Environmentalism Chapter 3 Property Rights, the Environment, and Economic Well-Being Chapter 4 Property Rights as a Natural Order: Reciprocity Evolutionary and Experimental Considerations Chapter 5 The Common Law and the Environment: The Canadian Experience Chapter 6 Coase, Pigou, and Environmental Rights Chapter 7 Existence Values and Other of Life's Ills Chapter 8 From Stakeholders to Stockholders: A View from Organizational Theory Chapter 9 Habitat Preservation: A Property Rights Perspective Chapter 10 Viewing Wildlife through Coase-Colored Glasses Chapter 11 Cooperating on the Commons: Case Studies in Community Fisheries Chapter 12 The Constitutional Protection of Private Property Chapter 13 Index
