The Environment in Economics and Development Pluralist Extensions of
This brief views the environment through diverse lenses – those of standard economics, institutional economics, political science, environmental science and ecology. Chapter 2 discusses diverse theoretical and statistical models – constrained optimization
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Vikram Dayal
The Environment in Economics and Development Pluralist Extensions of Core Economic Models
SpringerBriefs in Economics
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Vikram Dayal
The Environment in Economics and Development Pluralist Extensions of Core Economic Models
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Vikram Dayal Institute of Economic Growth Delhi India
ISSN 2191-5504 ISBN 978-81-322-1670-4 DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-1671-1
ISSN 2191-5512 (electronic) ISBN 978-81-322-1671-1 (eBook)
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Preface
This brief is about economic models—theoretical and statistical—that address environmental issues in developing countries. The brief aims to simplify exposition, beginning each of Chaps. 3–7 with a very simple core model of environmental economics, and then discussing extensions to these core models. An intermediate level of mathematics is used only in the last section or an appendix of Chaps. 3–7. Chapter 2 is an exposition of several types of models and frameworks. Chapter 1 provides an introduction and overview around graphs of select world development indicators. This brief discusses import
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