Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Dynamic and Stochastic Approaches to the Environment and Economic Development -- 1. Preliminaries -- 2. The Individual Essays -- 2.1. Agriculture -- 2.1.1. The Fallow Period in Swidden Agriculture -- 2.1.2. Crop and Land Quality Accumulation Choices -- 2.1.3. Fertilizer Use in Swidden Agriculture -- 2.2. Renewable Resources -- 2.2.1. Flood Victims and Safe Drinking Water -- 2.2.2. Crisis States and Renewable Resource Management -- 2.2.3. Trade in Renewable Resources with Competitive Sellers -- 2.2.4. Trade in Renewable Resources with a Monopolistic Seller -- 2.3. Environmental Policy -- 2.3.1. Environmental Policy with Economic Dualism -- 2.3.2. Environmental Policy in the Presence of an Export Subsidy -- 2.3.3. Environmental Policy in the Presence of an Import Tariff -- 2.3.4. Deficits Versus Surpluses and Discretion in Environmental Policy -- 2.3.5. Personal Versus Public Welfare in Environmental Policymaking -- 3. Conclusions -- References -- Part II. Agriculture -- Chapter 2 Swidden Agriculture in Developing Countries With Hamid Beladi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Model of a CPFL -- 2.1. Preliminaries -- 2.2. The Dynamic and Stochastic CPFL -- 2.3. Two Small Farmer Objectives -- 2.3.1. The First Objective: An Unconditional Probability -- 2.3.2. The Second Objective: A Conditional Probability -- 3. The Small Framer's Choice Problem with Ecological-Economic Criteria -- 3.1. Minimizing the Unconditional Probability -- 3.2. Minimizing the Conditional Probability -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Aspects of Land Use in Slash and Burn Agriculture With Dug Man Lee -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Model of Land Use in Slash and Burn Agriculture -- 2.1. Preliminaries -- 2.2. Optimal Land Quality Accumulation -- 2.3. Related Questions -- 3. Conclusions -- References.

Chapter 4 A Dynamic and Stochastic Analysis of Fertilizer Use in Swidden Agriculture With Gregory J. DeAngelo -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Theoretical Framework -- 3. Active Versus Passive Policies -- 3.1. Long-Run Average Cost per Time -- 3.2. Significance of the Likelihood Function -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Part III. Renewable Resources -- Chapter 5 On Flood Occurrence and the Provision of Safe Drinking Water in Developing Countries -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Queuing Theoretic Approach to the Provision of SDW -- 3. Analysis -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 Renewable Resource Management in Developing Countries: How Long Until Crisis? With Hamid Beladi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How Long Until Crisis? -- 2.1. The Theoretical Framework -- 2.2. The Lax Management Regime -- 2.3. The Strict Management Regime -- 2.4. A Numerical Example -- 3. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 A Stackelberg Game Model of Trade in Renewable Resources with Competitive Sellers With Hamid Beladi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Stackelberg Differential Game -- 3. The Stock Independent Harvest Cost Function and Open Loop Tariffs -- 3.1. The Open Loop Unit Tariff -- 3.2. The Open Loop Ad Valorem Tariff -- 3.3. Discussion -- 4. The Stock Dependent Harvest Cost Function and Open Loop Tariffs -- 4.1. The Open Loop Unit Tariff -- 4.2. The Open Loop Ad Valorem Tariff -- 4.3. Discussion -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8 A Differential Game Theoretic Analysis of International Trade in Renewable Resources With Hamid Beladi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Stackelberg Differential Game -- 3. The Stock Independent Harvest Cost Function and Open Loop Tariffs -- 3.1. The Open Loop Unit Tariff -- 3.2. The Open Loop Ad Valorem Tariff -- 3.3. Discussion -- 4. The Stock Dependent Harvest Cost Function and Open Loop Tariffs -- 4.1. The Open Loop Unit Tariff.

4.2. The Open Loop Ad Valorem Tariff -- 4.3. Discussion -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Part IV. Environmental Policy -- Chapter 9 Environmental Policy in Developing Countries: A Dynamic Analysis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Theoretical Framework -- 3. Environmental Policy with Perfect Commitment -- 4. Environmental Policy with Limited Commitment -- 5. Environmental Policy with Infinitesimal Commitment -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10 Dynamic Environmental Policy in Developing Countries with a Dual Economy With Dug Man Lee -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Theoretical Framework -- 3. The Perfect Commitment Case -- 3.1. Discussion -- 4. The Limited Commitment Case -- 4.1. Discussion -- 5. The Infinitesimal Commitment Case -- 5.1. Discussion -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11 A Dynamic Analysis of Protection and Environmental Policy in a Small Trading Developing Country With Hamid Beladi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Theoretical Framework -- 3. The Infinite Commitment Case -- 3.1. Discussion -- 4. The Limited Commitment Case -- 4.1. Discussion -- 5. The Infinitesimal Commitment Case -- 5.1. Discussion -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12 Aspects of the Theory of Environmental Policy in Developing Countries With Hamid Beladi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Environmental Policy with a Self-Financing Constraint -- 2.1. Preliminaries -- 2.2. Analysis and Results -- 3. Credibility and Environmental Policy -- 3.1. Preliminaries -- 3.2. Analysis and Results -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13 Public Versus Personal Welfare: An Aspect of Environmental Policymaking in Developing Countries -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. China -- 1.2. India -- 1.3. Discussion -- 2. Public Versus Personal Welfare -- 2.1. Preliminaries -- 2.2. Expected and Actual Pollution -- 2.3. Mean Social Loss.

2.4. The Optimal Value of the Relative Weight Parameter -- 3. Conclusions -- References -- Index.