Download or read book The Public Economics of the Environment written by Agnar Sandmo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-04-06 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise, well-focused text identifies the failure of the market mechanism in the face of environmental problems, showing how economic policy should be designed to overcome them. Special attention is paid to possible benefits from green tax reform.