Conrad, Jon M. creator text bibliography nyu New York Cambridge University Press 2011 2011 2010 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xiii, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. "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"-- Machine generated contents note: 1. Basic concepts; 2. Solving numerical allocation problems using Excel's Solver; 3. The economics of fisheries; 4. The economics of forestry; 5. The economics of nonrenewable resources; 6. Stock pollutants; 7. Maximin utility with renewable and nonrenewable resources. Jon M. Conrad. Includes bibliographical references and index. Natural resources Management Mathematical models Resource allocation Mathematical models HC59.15 .C656 2010 333.7 9780521874953 0521874955 9780521697675 (pbk.) 0521697670 (pbk.) 2010014626 DLC 120313 16171616