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Environmental Economics and Policy

Syllabus   

Assignments 

Problem Set #0
    Problem Set #1  
 
    Problem Set #2  
    Take-Home Midterm  
    Case Study Assignment #1  
    Take-Home Final  
  Answer Keys
Problem Set #0
Problem Set #1
Problem Set #2
    Take Home Exam  
    In-Class Midterm  

Study Aids

    Example Case Study and Memo: Illustration for a very simple case.  
    Example of In-Class Midterm Exam 1   (Answer Key)  
    Example of In-Class Midterm Exam 2   (Answer Key)  

Lecture Notes (Anticipated Lecture Date)

Introduction to Welfare Economics (Jan. 12, 2009)
Market Efficiency and the 1st and 2nd Fundamental Theorems of Welfare Economics (Jan. 21, 2009) 
    Market Failure (Jan. 26, 2009)  
   

Basic Analysis of Marginal Damages and Marginal Abatement Costs (Jan. 28, 2009) 

 
    Efficient Abatement, Pigou and Coase (Feb. 2 & 4, 2009)  
   

Analytics of Public Goods

 
    Environmental Taxation and Policy Instrument Framework  
 
  2004 President's Economic Report, Chapter 9, "Protecting the Environment"
  The SPEA Tutorials
    Finance (Giovanni, E., 2009)  
    Finance with answers (Giovanni, E., 2009)  
    Calculus (Giovanni, E. 2009)  
    Calculus with answers (Giovanni, E. 2009)  
    Finance (Graf, J., 2008)  
    Supply and Demand Aggregation (Graf, J., 2008)  
    Calculus Review (Graf, J., 2008)  
    Tutorial: Aggregating Supply and Demand Curves (Brown, V., 2004)  
  Krutilla Financial Readings and Exercises
    Financial Analysis Tutorial  
       
    Financial Analysis Tutorial Appendix 4  
       
    Financial Analysis Practice Exercises  
       
    Answer Key for Financial Analysis Practice Exercises  
       

Supplemental Microeconomics and Finance Readings

    Auerbach, A.J.  1985.  "The Theory of Excess Burden and Optimal Taxation" Chapter 2 in Handbook of Public Economics, vol. I. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.  
       
    Barish,N. and S. Kaplan. 1978. "Interest and the Time Value of Money", Chapter 5 in Economic Analysis for Engineering and Managerial Decision Making. Mcgraw-Hill.  
       
    Callan, S. and J. Thomas. 2000. "Modeling the Market Process: A Review of the Basics" Chapter 2 in Environmental Economics and Management: Theory, Policy and Applications, 2nd edition, Dryden Press.  
       
    McGuigan, J., R. Moyer, and F. Harris. 2002 Excerpt on elasticity from "Demand Analysis" Chapter 3 in Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategy, and Tactics, 9th edition. South-Western College Publishing.  
       
    Richards, K. 2000.Framing Environmental Policy Instrument Choice.  10 Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum 221, 2000.  
       
    Stiglitz, J.E.  2000.  "Optimal Taxation" Chapter 20 in Economics of the Public Sector.  Norton Press.  
       
    Truett, L. and D. Truett. 2001. Excerpt on elasticity from "Revenue of the Firm" Chapter 2 in Managerial Economics: Analyses, Problems, Cases, 7th edition. South-Western College Publishing.  

 

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