Economy and Environment: A Theoretical Essay on the Interdependence of Economic and Environmental Systems...

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Charles Perrings (University of Auckland)

Economy and Environment

A Theoretical Essay on the Interdependence of Economic and Environmental Systems

Charles Perrings (University of Auckland)

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Cambridge University Press
25 September 1987

Environmental economics

Environmental external effects are evidence of the inability of market prices to reflect the interdependence of economic activities undertaken within a common environment. They are an essential - not a peripheral - feature of all market economice. This essay shows how external effects are produced by the interaction of the economy with its environment, using a classical mass-balance model. No matter how efficient the market may seem to be, the use of market prices to determine depletion and pollution decisions creates more problems than it solves. Far from sharing the stable or relatively stable equilibrium properties of most economic models, the market economy is shown to be forced by its environment through a seemingly chaotic sequence of states. Reliance on the market to accommodate each change of direction merely exaggerates the general instability of the system. The 'market solution' to environmental problems is shown to generate only increasing uncertainty, a progressive myopia, and a heightened risk of conflict.

By: Charles Perrings (University of Auckland)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9780521340816
ISBN 10: 0521340810
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 25 September 1987
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; Notation guide; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Physical Economy-Environment System: 2. Closed physical systems: a model; 3. Structure and time in the physical system; 4. Technological change and the environmental constraints to physical growth; Part II. The Economic System: 5. The price system; 6. Prices, property, and the environment; 7. Economic conflict and environmental change; Part III. Environmental Strategies in an Evolutionary Economy-Environment System: 8. Time, uncertainty, and external effects; 9. The market solution; 10. The stationary state; 11. Conclusions; References; Index.

Reviews for Economy and Environment: A Theoretical Essay on the Interdependence of Economic and Environmental Systems

The journal is attractively produced and contains both applied and theoretical papers and a policy forum section in each of the first year's issues...the journal deserves a place on the library shelves of universities and government ministries of planning and resources. Neil Adger, Nature