Environmental Studies 56
Environmental Economics, Policy, and Management
Course description:
This course applies economic methods and concepts to issues of the environment, environmental policy analysis, and management. Topics include property rights, externalities, cost-benefit analysis, economic instruments for pollution control, and environmental policy and management applications (e.g., acid rain, global climate change, ozone). The course will combine lectures that introduce methods and concepts of environmental economics with classroom discussion of readings and case studies. Dist: SOC.
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Karen Fisher-Vanden
