Lueck / Bradshaw Wildfire Policy

Law and Economics Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-52059-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

During the five decades since its origin, law and economics has provided an influential framework for addressing a wide array of areas of law ranging from judicial behaviour to contracts. This book will reflects the first-ever forum for law and economics scholars to apply the analysis and methodologies of their field to the subject of wildfire. The only modern legal work on wildfire, the book brings together leading scholars to consider questions such as: How can public policy address the effects of climate change on wildfire, and wildfire on climate change? Are the environmental and fiscal costs of ex ante prevention measures justified? What are the appropriate levels of prevention and suppression responsibility borne by private, state, and federal actors? Can tort liability provide a solution for realigning the grossly distorted incentives that currently exist for private landowners and government firefighters? Do the existing incentives in wildfire institutions provide incentives for efficient private and collective action and how might they be improved?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lueck, Dean

Bradshaw, Karen M.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Common Law Liability for Fire: A Conceptual, Historical and Economic Analysis Richard Epstein 2. Property and Fire Thomas Merrill 3. Fuel for the Fire: Liability and the Economics of Wildfire Risk Jonathan Yoder 4. Economics and the Organization of Wildfire Suppression Dean Lueck 5. Norms of Fire Suppression among Public and Private Landowners Karen Bradshaw 6. Saving Forests, Saving Houses, or Burning Money: The Political Economy of Wildfire Management Sarah E. Anderson and Terry L. Anderson 7. When "Smoke Isn’t Smoke": Missteps in Air Quality Regulation of Wildfire Smoke Kirsten Engel and Andrew Reeves 8. Private and Public Provision of Firefighting Services in Rural Australia Jeff Bennett 9. Fire Suppression Policy, Weather and Western Wildland Fire Trends: An Empirical Analysis Jason Scott Johnston and Jonathan Klick 10. In Harm’s Way: Homeowner Behavior and Wildland Fire Policy Carolyn Kousky, Sheila Olmstead, and Roger Sedjo

Über Autor(innen)

Karen M. Bradshaw is a judicial clerk for the Honorable E. Grady Jolly of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Dean Lueck is a professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Arizona. Prior to his academic career, he was a smokejumper with the USDA Forest Service in McCall, Idaho.