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ECON481 - Environmental Economics II

Description

A detailed treatment of advanced topics in environmental economics. Topics covered vary from year to year, but typically include a selection from the following: property rights and the Coase theorem, risk and uncertainty, sustainability, policy design under asymmetric information, monitoring and enforcement, green consumerism and corporate environmentalism, trade and the environment, climate change and transboundary pollution, mobile source pollution, non-point source pollution, solid waste management, technological change and non-market valuation.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Complete all of:
      • ECON313 - Intermediate Microeconomics II (1.5)
    • Complete 1 of:
      • ECON330 - Environmental Economics (1.5)
      • ECON381 - Environmental Economics I (1.5)
      • ES312 - Environmental Economics (1.5)
    • Complete 1 of:
      • ECON225 - Writing for Economists (1.5)
      • ENGR240 - Technical Writing (1.5)

Recommendations

  • ECON 350 recommended prior to ECON 481.

Course offered by

Department of Economics

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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