Environmental Economics Charles Kolstad

    Environmental economics is a branch of economics that studies the interactions between human activities and the natural environment, and how to design policies and incentives to address environmental problems. One of the leading scholars in this field is Charles D. Kolstad, a professor at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the Precourt Institute for Energy.

    Kolstad has written several books and articles on environmental economics, including the textbook Environmental Economics, which is widely used in undergraduate and graduate courses. The book covers topics such as externalities, public goods, cost-benefit analysis, environmental valuation, regulation, market-based instruments, international environmental problems, and climate change. The book emphasizes both theoretical and empirical aspects of environmental economics, and provides many examples and case studies from around the world.




Environmental Economics Charles Kolstad