ECON225-11S1 (C) Semester One 2011

Environmental Economics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 21 February 2011
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 4 March 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 20 May 2011

Description

Economic theory and tools will be applied to the study of the environment and policy. In particular this course will examine how economists look for least cost ways of achieving environmental objectives even if those objectives are not set according to cost benefit analysis. This course will examine how market, incentive based regulatory mechanisms affect environmental outcomes and how the economy and the environment interact.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course students will be able to demonstrate:

1.  an understanding of how market, incentive-based and regulatory mechanisms affect environmental outcomes.

2.  how marginal analysis is applied to environmental issues; and

3.  an understanding of the interaction between the economy and the environment.

Prerequisites

Course Coordinator

Stephen Hickson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
NutrientNet water trading simulation 17.5%
Short Essay 32.5%
Final Exam 50%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Hanley, Nick. , Shogren, Jason F., White, Ben; Introduction to environmental economics ; Oxford University Press, 2001.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $630.00

International fee $2,775.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .

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