Is Economic Growth Sustainable?

by G. Heal (Editor)

Overview

How can we determine if current growth patterns are sustainable, and what changes to we need to make to make them more so? This volume addresses these issues in a rigorous yet accessible fashion, presenting the current research of some of the world's leading scholars.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230232471
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/10/2010
Series:	International Economic Association Series , #148
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

GEOFFREY HEAL combines a lifelong interest in nature with a fascination with how societies work. He is the Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility at Columbia Business School. His research ranges from technical aspects of securities markets to understanding the economic consequences of species extinction, with an emphasis on understanding how societies interact with their natural resource bases. A Past President of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Heal is the author of many scientific articles and books, including Valuing the Future: Economic Theory and Sustainability, Nature and the Market Place, and When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures vi

List of Contributors x

The Sustainability of Economic Growth Geoffrey Heal 1

1 What Are the Health Effects of Air Pollution in China? Maureen Cropper 10

2 Why Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture Could be Economically Substantial Michael J. Roberts Wolfram Schlenker 47

3 Wealth, Saving and Sustainability Kirk Hamilton 76

4 China, the US, and Sustainability: Perspectives Based on Comprehensive Wealth Kenneth J. Arrow Partha Dasgupta Lawrence H. Goulder Kevin Mumford Kirsten Oleson 92

5 Counting Nonmarket, Ecological Public Goods: The Elements of a Welfare-Significant Ecological Quantity Index James Boyd 145

6 The Challenge of Crafting Rules to Change Open-Access Resources into Managed Resources Elinor Ostrom 168

7 How Does Trade Affect the Environment? Brian R. Copeland 206

8 Corporate Environmentalism: Doing Well by Being Green Geoffrey Heal 248

Author Index 263

Subject Index 267