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Home > Degree Programs > Teaching & Courses > 2008-2009 Course Listing > Advanced Environmental and Resource Economics for International Development
API-162: Advanced Environmental and Resource Economics for International Development
Faculty: Theodore Panayotou
Schedule
| Day | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Day | 1/28 | ||
| Meet Day | M/W | 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM | T301 |
| Review | F | 1:10 PM - 2:30 PM | T301 |
Description
This is a course in advanced environmental economics as it relates to international development and public policy. It provides an opportunity for students to apply the tools of analysis they have learned in their analytical and quantitative courses to problems of natural resource management, environmental policy, and sustainable development. Some additional tools of inter-temporal optimization are also taught. It assumes the ability to use calculus. The course covers topics in social choice; market and policy failure; property rights and Pigovian taxes; marketable permits and transferable development rights; optimal resource use over time; environmental demand theory; and economic valuation methods. The thrust of the course is on international applications and the integration of resource use, environmental policy, and economic development.