Open Economy and the Environment : Development, Trade and Resources in Asia, Hardcover by Coxhead, Ian; Jayasuriya, Sisira, ISBN 1840644346, ISBN-13 9781840644340, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

This work takes an economy-wide approach to the analysis of resource degradation in developing countries. The authors develop theoretical models that trace the effects of trade and trade liberalization on sectoral resource allocation, income and welfare, and incentives to clear forest and degrade agricultural land. Coxhead teaches in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin. Jayasuriya is director of the Asian Economics Center at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()