Transformações teórico-metodológicas em análises econômicas recentes de problemas ambientais: evidências de um novo marco na economia do meio ambiente?

Throughout the period of its constitution as a field of economic analysis, Environmental Economics has received contributions from other economic academic areas, especially from Microeconomics, whose premises have allowed it to develop an approach both for interpretation of environmental problems and for the formulation of Instruments to support public intervention. Recent developments observed in economic analysis of the environment have showed an assimilation not only of the advances in Microeconomics (such as informational problems), but also of the increased comprehension about the nature of environmental problems (such as theirs diffuse and global character). This article describes how these advances are being incorporated by recent studies in Environmental Economics and discusses in which extend can this incorporation be understood as a new mark in this analysis area.Throughout the period of its constitution as a field of economic analysis, Environmental Economics has received contributions from other economic academic areas, especially from Microeconomics, whose premises have allowed it to develop an approach both for interpretation of environmental problems and for the formulation of Instruments to support public intervention. Recent developments observed in economic analysis of the environment have showed an assimilation not only of the advances in Microeconomics (such as informational problems), but also of the increased comprehension about the nature of environmental problems (such as theirs diffuse and global character). This article describes how these advances are being incorporated by recent studies in Environmental Economics and discusses in which extend can this incorporation be understood as a new mark in this analysis area