Overview
Description
Economics 767 is a Ph.D.-level course in environmental and resource economics. The first half of the course covers the economics of non-renewable natural resources, such as fossil fuels and minerals, as well as renewable natural resources, such as forests and fisheries. The second half of the course covers several topics in environmental economics including pollution control, environmental valuation, and climate change.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- translate real-world, natural resource management problems into economic models to be analyzed.
- clearly explain the implications of analytical results for natural resource management and policy.
- use economic models to analyze environmental problems and the efficiency of competing environmental policy instruments.
- explain the conceptual basis of applied welfare analysis and identify when stated and revealed preference methods are needed to estimate the costs and benefits of environmental goods and services.