Economic Thinking and Pollution Problems.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Pollution as an economic problem -- An economic analysis of environmental pollution -- Tools for analysing some environmental problems -- 2 Water and air pollution -- Standard setting as a frame of reference -- On the Canada Water Act -- Environmental pollution -- 3 Economic and financial aspects of pollution abatement -- Economic decisions about pollution control -- Economic incentives in air pollution control -- Some fiscal aspects of controlling industrial water pollution -- 'Pulp and paper is concerned about water pollution' -- 4 Broader conceptual approaches -- The problem of social cost -- The pollution problem -- 5 Appendices -- The Canada Water Act -- The Ontario Clean Air Act.

The purpose of this collection is to provide the student with an introduction to the way in which the discipline of economics tackles the problems posed in affluent societies by their various 'waste' products.

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