The Ethics and Politics of Environmental Cost-benefit Analysis

The Ethics and Politics of Environmental Cost-benefit Analysis PDF Author: Karine Nyborg
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 041558650X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Book Description
Putting a price tag on the environment is controversial. The aim of this book is to discuss some of the ethical and political issues arising in the context of applied cost-benefit analysis and environmental valuation - and to do so using economic analysis, but in a language accessible to non-specialists. In particular, the author emphasizes the fundamental, but surprisingly often poorly understood distinction between normative and positive analysis, and the implications of this distinction for practical use of cost-benefit analyses.