Screen LibraryResource economics
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 285 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780521874953 0521874955 9780521697675 (pbk.) 0521697670 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | F062 |
| CLC: | F062.1 |
| Call Number: | F062.1/C754/2nd.ed. |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. "Resource Economics is a text for students with a background in calculus and intermediate microeconomics and a familiarity with the spreadsheet software Excel. The book covers basic concepts (Chapter 1), shows how to set up spreadsheets to solve simple dynamic allocation problems (Chapter 2), and presents economic models for fisheries, forestry, nonrenewable resources, and stock pollutants (Chapters 3-6). Chapter 7 examines the maximin utility criterion when the utility of a generation depends on consumption of a manufactured good, harvest from a renewable resource, and extraction from a nonrenewable resource. Within the text, numerical examples are posed and solved using Excel's Solver... |