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Natural Resource and Environmental Economics: A Retrospective View
Author(s) -
Castle Emery N.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.2307/1349880
Subject(s) - nonmarket forces , natural resource , field (mathematics) , work (physics) , positive economics , resource (disambiguation) , natural (archaeology) , economics , management science , public economics , political science , computer science , microeconomics , law , geography , engineering , computer network , archaeology , mechanical engineering , mathematics , factor market , pure mathematics
This article reviews the methodological and theoretical foundations of natural resource and environmental economics prior to an examination of three examples of topics of current interest in the field. The three examples are nonmarket values, benefit—cost analysis, and the new institutional economics. The article draws on the review of contemporary work to identify a number of topics deserving of attention in subsequent work in this field. The items listed would have the effect of making future research more particular and less doctrinaire.