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                Environmental Economics 
                       Volume 1: The Essentials 
                                   Inside the guide: 
                          • Easy-to-understand explanations  
                               of common economic terms 
                                                  
                               • Recommended Websites,  
                                 Articles, & Case Studies 
                                                 
                                  • Classroom Resources 
                                                 
                  Scientists. Educators. Economists.                           2                      
          The Environmental Literacy Council  
          For more than a decade, the Environmental Literacy Council has been  
          dedicated to helping teachers, students, policymakers, and the general public                                                                                                Roger A. Sedjo, President 
          find cross-disciplinary resources on the environment. Environmental issues                                                                                                      Resources for the Future 
          involve many dimensions  — scientific, economic, aesthetic, and ethical.                                                                                                                     
          Through our websites, science-based textbook reviews, and professional                                                                                                             Kathleen Berry 
          development materials, we strive to provide information and resources that                                                                                                   Canon-McMillan High School 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
          convey the importance of environmental science and the deep complexity of                                                                                                           Gail Charnley 
          environmental decision-making. Made up of scientists, economists, education                                                                                                      HealthRisk Strategies 
          policy experts, and veteran teachers, our Council is drawn from the ranks of                                                                                                                 
          prestigious organizations such as Resources for the Future, AAAS, The                                                                                                          Nicholas N. Eberstadt 
          University of Virginia, GE Energy, and the National Center for Atmospheric                                                                                                   American Enterprise Institute 
          Research. The multi-disciplinary guidance keeps our materials balanced,                                                                                                                      
          current, and scientifically accurate.                                                                                                                                            Michael H. Glantz 
                                                                                                                                                                                  National Center for Atmospheric Research 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             Eric P. Loewen 
                                                                                                                                                                                                GE Energy 
                                    Dawn M. Anderson, Executive Director                                                                                                                               
                                 Dr. Roger Sedjo, Economics Project Advisor                                                                                                                Thomas G. Moore 
                        Nicole Barone Callahan, Project & Web Content Manager                                                                                                                Hoover Institution 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                John Opie 
                 For more information about environmental economics or other topics                                                                                                      The University of Chicago 
                 in environmental science, please see our website: enviroliteracy.org                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                          F. James Rutherford 
                                                                                                                                                                            American Association for the Advancement of Science 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             Frederick Seitz 
                                                                                                                                                                                           Rockefeller University 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                           Leonard Shabman 
                                                                                                                                                                                          Resources for the Future 
          Acknowledgements                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                    Herman H. (Hank)  Shugart, Jr. 
                                                                                                                                                                                    University of Virginia, Charlottesville 
          The Council would like to thank the following people for their contribution to                                                                                                               
          the research and production of this guide:                                                                                                                                        Robert L. Sproull 
                                                                                                                                                                                           University of Rochester 
                              Erica Brehmer                           Dana Hyland                                                                                                                      
                              Charles Fritschner                     Megan Wertz                                                                                                              M. Jane Teta 
                                                                                                                                                                                               Exponent, Inc. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                          Alvin W. Trivelpiece 
                                                      Copyright © 2007                                                                                                                      Henderson, Nevada 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                     All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form                                                                             Anne K. Vidaver 
                                     without permission from the Environmental Literacy Council.                                                                                       University of Nebraska, Lincoln 
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              Table of Contents                                                                                                                                  Chapter 1: Introduction to Environmental 
                                                                                                                                                                 & Resource Economics 
              Chapter 1: Introduction to Environmental & Resource Economics.....................6                                                                                                                                                                                         
              Chapter 2: The Law of Diminishing Returns....................................................... 9                                                 Environmental economics is the subset of economics that is concerned with the 
              Chapter 3: Carrying Capacity ............................................................................ 12                                       efficient allocation of environmental resources. The environment provides both 
              Chapter 4: Sustainable Development................................................................. 15                                             a direct value as well as raw material intended for economic activity, thus 
              Chapter 5: How Markets Work – Supply and Demand .....................................18                                                            making the environment and the economy interdependent. For that reason, the 
              Chapter 6: Externalities...................................................................................... 21                                  way in which the economy is managed has an impact on the environment which, 
              Chapter 7: Net Present Value............................................................................. 24                                       in turn, affects both welfare and the performance of the economy.  
              Chapter 8: Ecosystem Valuation........................................................................ 28 
              Chapter 9: Trade-offs......................................................................................... 31 
              Chapter 10: Marginal Costs and Benefits .......................................................... 34                                              One of the best known critics of traditional economic thinking about the 
              Chapter 11: Cost Benefit Analysis..................................................................... 37                                          environment is Herman Daly. In his first book, Steady-State Economics, Daly 
              Chapter 12: Environmental Impact Analysis..................................................... 40                                                  suggested that “enough is best,” arguing that economic growth leads to 
              Chapter 13: Regulatory Policy vs. Economic Incentives...................................42                                                         environmental degradation and inequalities in wealth. He asserted that the 
              Appendix: Resources for the Classroom............................................................ 46                                               economy is a subset of our environment, which is finite. Therefore his notion of 
                       Basic Economics...................................................................................... 46                                  a steady-state economy is one in which there is an optimal level of population 
                       Environmental & Resource Economics.................................................... 47                                                 and economic activity which leads to sustainability. Daly calls for a qualitative 
                       Diminishing Returns................................................................................. 48                                   improvement in people's lives  – development  – without perpetual growth. 
                       Carrying Capacity..................................................................................... 48                                 Today, many of his ideas are associated with the concept of  sustainable 
                       Sustainable Development......................................................................... 49                                       development. 
                       Supply and Demand: How Markets Work ...............................................50 
                       Externalities.............................................................................................. 50                            By the late 1970s, the late economist Julian Simon began countering arguments 
                       Net Present Value..................................................................................... 51                                 against economic growth. His keystone work was  The Ultimate Resource, 
                       Ecosystem Valuation................................................................................ 51                                    published in 1981 and updated in 1996 as The Ultimate Resource 2, in which he 
                       Trade-offs................................................................................................. 51                            concludes there is no reason why welfare should not continue to improve and 
                       Marginal Costs and Benefits .................................................................... 52                                       that increasing population contributes to that improvement in the long run. His 
                       Cost Benefit Analysis............................................................................... 52                                   theory was that population growth and increased income puts pressure on 
                       Environmental Impact Analysis............................................................... 53                                           resource supplies; this increases prices, which provides both opportunity and 
                       Regulatory Policy vs. Economic Incentives............................................. 53                                                 incentive for innovation; eventually the innovations are so successful that prices 
              Endnotes ............................................................................................................ 54                           end up below what they were before the resource shortages occurred. In Simon's 
                                                                                                                                                                 view, a key factor in economic growth is the human capacity for creating new 
                                                                                                                                                                 ideas and contributing to the knowledge base. Therefore, the more people who 
                                                                                                                                                                 can be trained to help solve arising problems, the faster obstacles are removed, 
                                                                                                                                                                 and the greater the economic condition for current and future generations. 
                                                                                                                                                                 Environmental economics takes into consideration issues such as the 
                                                                                                                                                                 conservation and valuation of natural resources, pollution control, waste 
                                                                                                                                                                 management and recycling, and the efficient creation of emission standards. 
                                                                                                                                                                 Economics is an important tool for making decisions about the use, 
                                                                                                                                                                 conservation, and protection of natural resources because it provides information 
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         about choices people make, the costs and benefits of various proposed measures,                   economics is to identify those particular tools or policy alternatives that will 
         and the likely outcome of environmental and other policies. Since resources –                     move the market toward the most efficient allocation of natural resources.  
         whether human, natural, or monetary – are not infinite, these public policies are 
         most effective when they achieve the maximum possible benefit in the most                                   
         efficient way. Therefore, one job of policymakers is to understand how 
         resources can be utilized most efficiently in order to accomplish the desired                                Recommended Resources 
         goals by weighing the costs of various 
         alternatives to their potential benefits.                                                                                                                                          
         In competitive markets, information exists                                                        Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy  
         about how much consumers value a                                                                  www.steadystate.org 
         particular good because we know how much                                                          The Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy is a nonprofit 
         they are willing to pay. When natural                                                             organization that educates citizens and policy makers on the fundamental 
         resources are involved in the production of                                                       conflict between economic growth and environmental protection, economic 
         that particular good, there may be other                                                          sustainability, national security, and international stability through its promotion 
         factors  – scarcity issues, the generation of                                                     of a steady state economy as a sustainable alternative to economic growth.  
         pollution  – that are not included in its 
         production cost. In these instances, scarcity                                                     Political Economy Research Center  
         issues or pollution become  externalities,                                                        www.perc.org 
         costs that are external to the market price of                                                    The Political Economy Research Center is dedicated to original research that 
         the product. If these full costs were                                                             brings market principles to resolving environmental problems. The site has an 
         included, the cost of the good may be higher                                                      extensive publications list and an environmental education section that touches 
         than the value placed on it by the consumer.                                                      on a variety of subject areas that relate to both economics and the environment.  
         A classic example of an externality is                      © NOAA Coastal Services Center        Protecting Ecosystem Services: Science, Economics, and Law  
         discussed in Garrett Hardin's Tragedy of                                                          eprints.law.duke.edu/archive/00001071/01/20_Stan._Envtl._L._J._309_(2001).p
         the Commons, which occurs in connection to public commons or resources –                          df 
         areas that are open and accessible to all, such as the seas or the atmosphere.                    This paper is the result of a workshop that took place in December 2000 when a 
         Hardin observed that individuals will use the commons more than if they had to                    group of 30 scientists, conservationists, economists, lawyers, and policymakers 
         pay to use them, leading to overuse and possibly to increased degradation.                        came together at Stanford University to discuss ways to market ecosystem 
                                                                                                           services.  
         There are three general schools of thought associated with reducing or 
         eliminating environmental externalities. Most welfare economists believe that 
         the existence of externalities is sufficient justification for government 
         intervention, typically involving taxes and often referred to as Pigovian taxes 
         after economist Arthur Pigou (1877-1959) who developed the concept of 
         economic externalities.  Market economists tend to  advocate the use of 
         incentives to reduce environmental externalities, rather than command-and-
         control approaches, because incentives allow flexibility in responding to 
         problems rather than forcing a singular approach on all individuals.  Free-
         market economists focus on eliminating obstacles that prevent the market from 
         functioning freely, which they believe would lead to an optimal level of 
         environmental protection and resource use. The key objective of environmental 
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