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How economists see the environment

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  • Don Fullerton

    (University of Texas at Austin
    National Bureau of Economic Research)

  • Robert Stavins

    (the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and Resources for the Future)

Abstract

Economists and ecologists misunderstand each other about the environment. Improving interdisciplinary communication should enable natural scientists to take economic analysis and prescriptions more seriously.

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  • Don Fullerton & Robert Stavins, 1998. "How economists see the environment," Nature, Nature, vol. 395(6701), pages 433-434, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:395:y:1998:i:6701:d:10.1038_26606
    DOI: 10.1038/26606
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    1. Stavins, Robert, 2000. "A Two-Way Street Between Environmental Economics and Public Policy," Working Paper Series rwp00-005, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
    2. Stavins, Robert, 2003. "Environmental Protection and Economic Well-Being: How Does (and How Should) Government Balance These Two Important Values?," Working Paper Series rwp03-035, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
    3. Revesz, Richard & Stavins, Robert, 2004. "Environmental Law and Policy," Working Paper Series rwp04-023, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
    4. Vecchione, Gaetano, 2010. "EU rural policy: proposal and application of an agricultural sustainability index," MPRA Paper 27032, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Pierre Desrochers, 2008. "Did the Invisible Hand Need a Regulatory Glove to Develop a Green Thumb? Some Historical Perspective on Market Incentives, Win-Win Innovations and the Porter Hypothesis," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 41(4), pages 519-539, December.
    6. Robert N. Stavins, 2017. "The Evolution Of Environmental Economics: A View From The Inside," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 62(02), pages 251-274, June.
    7. Erwan Queinnec & Pierre Desrochers, 2012. "Can Market Economy Be Ecology-Friendly ? The Case Of Waste Recycling In The Nineteenth Century," Post-Print hal-01367963, HAL.
    8. Stavins, Robert, 2000. "Economic Analysis of Global Climate Change Policy: A Primer," Working Paper Series rwp00-003, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
    9. Desrochers, Pierre & Haight, Colleen E., 2014. "Squandered profit opportunities? Some historical perspective on industrial waste and the Porter Hypothesis," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 179-189.
    10. Fredriksson, Per G. & Millimet, Daniel L., 2002. "Is there a 'California effect' in US environmental policymaking?," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(6), pages 737-764, November.
    11. Martin Kesternich & Christiane Reif & Dirk Rübbelke, 2017. "Recent Trends in Behavioral Environmental Economics," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 67(3), pages 403-411, July.

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