Agricultural and Environmental Resource Economics

A growing concern for environmental quality and resource scarcity has led to numerous policy debates regarding resource utilization around the world. This is especially true when it comes to agriculture. This textbook brings together economic theory and resource-specific problems of agriculture, and includes aggregate- and micro-level models and examples for most resource and environmental issues. Although the book's emphasis is on cropland agriculture, there are also examples from livestock, poultry, grazing, fisheries, orchards, and forestry. Students and professionals in resource economics, management, and policy as well as economists and planners in government agencies will benefit from the valuable lessons presented here.

Gerald A. Carlson, Ph.D., is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at North Carolina State University.
David Zilberman, Ph.D., is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
John A. Miranowski, Ph.D., is Director of the Resources and Technology Division for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.