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Sustainable development, climate policy, biodiversity conservation - all these represent flash points at the intersection of environmental science, economics, and public policy. This volume offers a snapshot of environmental economic research on a range of policy-relevant problems. Academic contributions are complemented by the views of policy makers on environmental policy priorities, the usefulness of academic research for decision making, and the future of applied research.

List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction; B.Atkinson -- How Firms Decide Prices; F.Livesey -- Small Firms; F.Livesey -- How Firms Grow; F.Livesey -- Oligopoly and Monopoly; F.Livesey -- Competition Policy; F.Livesey -- Privatisation; F.Livesey -- Multinationals; F.Livesey -- Labour Markets; S.Smith -- Poverty; B.Milward -- Social Policy: Health and Education; B.Atkinson -- Housing; P. Balchin -- Economics of the Environment; B.Milward -- Regional Policy; P.McKeown -- Agriculture; D.Colman -- The Motor Industry; G.Rhys -- The Service Industries; F.Livesey -- Spending and Saving; J.Darby & J.Ireland -- Investment; M.Kitson -- Public Expenditure; B.Milward -- Taxation; B.Milward -- Money; D.Gowland -- Inflation; B.Atkinson -- Unemployment; B.Atkinson -- International Trade; B.Atkinson -- Economic Aspects of the European Treaties; B.Atkinson -- Economic and Monetary Union; B.Atkinson -- Developing Countries; B.Milward -- Asian Tigers; B.Milward -- Finding Out in Economics; C.Ironfield.

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