Overview
Description
Economic analysis of pollution, common property, property rights, and basic principles of non-market valuation.
Requirements
Prerequisites
ECON 102
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): ECON 102.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Related Courses
Cross Listed With AGSC 307
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- articulate why environmental problems arise, what trade-offs they present, and what tools governments and civil society have available to address them.
- describe how economists evaluate institutions and policies designed to manage the environment and natural resources and their relative advantages and drawbacks.
- become familiar with a wide range of applied environmental economic case studies.
- have opportunities to practice public speaking through in-class presentations.