1 The Relationship Between Population and Natural Resources in China: An Ecological Footprint Analysis 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT: CONCEPTION AND METHOD 1.3 ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT TIME SERIES OF MAINLAND CHINA 19612001 1.4 CASE STUDY TWO: ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT CALCULATION AT PROVINCIAL LEVEL 1.5 CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES 2 Global Warming and Other Transboundary Environmental Problems 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2.2 TRANSBOUNDARY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS 2.3 ABATEMENT COSTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS 2.4 THE NONˉCOOPERATIVE EQUILIBRIUM 2.5 PARETO OPTIMALITY WITH AND WITHOUT SIDE PAYMENTS 2.6 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 2.7 THE DESIGN OF AN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENT 2.8 INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AGREEMENTS 2.9 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 2.10 TECHNOLOGY SPILLOVERS 2.11 THE NONˉCOOPERATIVE EQUILIBRIUM WITH ENDOGENOUS TECHNOLOGY 2.12 THE SOCIAL OPTIMUM WITH ENDOGENOUS TECHNOLOGY 2.13 THE INEFFICIENCY OF A KYOTO TYPE AGREEMENT WHEN TECHNOLOGY IS ENDOGENOUS 2.14 CONCLUDING REMARKS REFERENCES 3 The Environmental Kuznets Curve and Income Inequality: An Aggregation Approach 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 THE EKC AND INCOME INEQUALITY 3.3 THE EFFECT OF INCOME INEQUALITY ON AGGREGATION POLLUTION 3.4 HYPOTHESES OF THE EFFECT OF INCOME INEQUALITY 3.5 EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS 3.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS REFERENCES A PROOF OF LEMMA 1 B FIGURES & TABLES 4 Random Utility Models for Discrete Choice Behavior 4.1 INTRODUCTION 4.2 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS WHEN THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE IS DISCRETE 4.3 THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF PROBABILISTIC CHOICE MODELS 4.4 APPLICATIONS OF DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS 4.5 MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION AND TESTING OF MULTINOMINAL PROBABILITY MODELS REFERENCES 5 What Is Important in China s Car Market? 5.1 INTRODUCTION 5.2 CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF A CAR MARKET 5.3 THE CAR MARKET IN CHINA 5.4 THEORETICAL MODELS 5.5 EMPIRICAL RESULTS FROM CHINA S CAR MARKET 5.6 CONCLUSION REFERENCES 6 The Demand for Conventional and Alternative Fuel Cars in Shanghai: An Application of Discrete Choice Theory 6.1 INTRODUCTION 6.2 THE MODEL FOR RANK ORDERED ALTERNATIVES 6.3 SURVEY METHOD AND DATA 6.4 EMPIRICAL RESULTS 6.5 CONDITIONAL AND AGGREGATE DEMAND AND ELASTICITIES 6.6 THE VALUE OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES 6.7 CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES APPENDIX: SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE 7 Stated-Preference Methods for Valuing Environmental Goods 7.1 INTRODUCTION: WHY DO WE NEED TO VALUE ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS? 7.2 OVERVIEW: METHODS AND PRINCIPLES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION 7.3 THEORECTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR VALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS 7.4 BASICS: STATEDˉPREFERENCE METHODS FOR VALUING ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE GOODS 7.5 THE CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD (CVM) REFERENCES 8 Valuing Reduced Air Pollution Costs by the Contingent Valuation Method: Shanghai as A Case Study 8.1 INTRODUCTION 8.2 THE SURVEY AND THE QUESTIONNAIRE 8.3 SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS AND RESPONSES 8.4 WILLINGNESS TO PAY RESULTS 8.5 CONCLUSIONS APPENDIX:SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE CV SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR IMPROVING AIR QUALITY IN SHANGHAI 9 Acid Rain in China: Applications of the RAINS-ASIA Model 9.1 INTRODUCTION 9.2 THE RAINS MODEL OF TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION 9.3 STRUCTURE OF RAINS-ASIA 9.4 RELATED ACIDITY STUDIES USING RAINS-ASIA 9.5 APPLICATIONS OF RAINS-ASIA TO CHINA 9.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS REFERENCES Contributors