Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the NBER vi
3. Contents vii
4. Prefatory Note ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Incorporating Air and Water Pollution into the National Income and Product Accounts 15
8. 2. Measuring for the Future, Not the Past 35
9. 3. Tracing Sustainability in the Long Run: Genuine Savings Estimates, 1850-2018 63
10. 4. Microdata and the Valuation of Natural Capital 105
11. 5. The Value and Configuration of Coastal Natural Capital 123
12. 6. Accounting for Environmental Activity: Measuring Public Environmental Expenditures and the Environmental Goods and Services Sector in the United States 143
13. 7. Natural Capital Accounting on Forested Lands in the United States: An Application to the Colorado River Basin 191
14. 8. Natural Capital Considerations for an Extension of the US Marine Economy Satellite Account 219
15. Author Index 245
16. Subject Index 249