Download or read book Environmental Economics and Policy Making in Developing Countries written by Ronaldo Seroa da Motta and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in the Planning and Public Policy journal of the Research Institute for Applied Economics (IPEA) in Rio de Janeiro, this collection of papers was written by economists in Brazil, the US, the UK, and The Netherlands. Individual topics include the use of the environmental Kuznets curve in linking environment, growth, and welfare issues; the relationship between international trade and environmental policy and the use of perverse subsidies; a risk analysis perspective of the statistical value of lives in setting environmental costs to determine health benefits; deforestation in Brazil; and climate change effects on agriculture. c. Book News Inc.