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V625
Environmental Economics and Policy

Syllabus   

Assignments 

Problem Set #0
    Problem Set #1 (Group Assignments) 
 
    Group Assignments for Wikipedia Project  
    Problem Set #2 (Group Assignments)  
    Take Home Midterm Exam  
    Case Study Assignment #1 (Group Assignments)  
    Case Study Assignment #1- (Data and Secret Form)  
    Case Study Assignment #2 (Case Study #2) (Group Assignments)  
    Take-Home Final  
   
  Group Projects
  PowerPoint Presentation      Article Link
     
 

Mercury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ejking311/Mercury_Regulation

Point Source Water Pollution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_regulation_of_point_source_water_pollution

Mobile Source Air Pollution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_source_air_pollution

Nonpoint Source Water Pollution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpoint_source_water_pollution_regulations_in_the_United_States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpoint_source_pollution

CAFO

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAFO

Water Trading

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_trading

Invasive Species

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_species_in_the_United_States

Federal- State Relations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_and_state_environmental_relations

Wetlands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_net_loss

 

Pesticides

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide

 

Brownfields

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownfield_Regulation_and_Development

 

Solid Waste

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_waste_policy_in_the_United_States

  Answer Keys
Problem Set #0
Problem Set #1
Problem Set #2
    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
Market Efficiency and the 1st and 2nd Fundamental Theorems of Welfare Economics  
    Market Failure  
   

Basic Analysis of Marginal Damages and Marginal Abatement Costs

 
    Efficient Abatement, Pigou and Coase  
   

Analytics of Public Goods

 
    Graphical Analysis of Marketable Allowances and Taxes (February 10, 2011)  
    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)  
    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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