

An edition of Resource economics (1999)
By Jon M. Conrad
Publish Date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
eng
Pages
285
Description:
"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. Exercises are included at the end of each chapter. These problems help make concepts operational, develop economic intuition, and serve as a bridge to the study of real-world problems in resource management"--
subjects: Mathematical models, Management, Natural resources, Resource allocation, Conservation of natural resources, Economie de l'environnement, Allocation de ressources, Ressources naturelles, Gestion des ressources, Modèles mathématiques, Environment and ecology, Natürliche Ressourcen, Ressourcenpolitik, Ressourcenökonomie, Naturresurser, Ekonometriska modeller, Microsoft Excel (Computer file), Human ecology, Study and teaching, NATURE, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Environmental Economics, Green Business