Course Code: EST 331
Course Title : Environmental Economics and Policy
Short Course Description: 3-0
Kısa Ders Tanımı: Principles of economics: Demand, supply, market equilibrium under perfect competition and monopoly. Welfare analysis:Consumer and producer surplus. Efficient allocation and pricing of scarce natural resources. Principles of cost-benefit and cost- effectivenessanalyses of environmental issues. Valuation of non-market environmental goods. Economics of pollution control. Comparison of environmentalpolicy instruments: regulations, emission taxes/charges and tradable emission permits. Economic growth, international trade and environmentalquality. Evolution of environmental policy in the European Union
Textbook and Supplementary Books:
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Environmental Economics & Policy (6th Edition) by Tom Tietenberg (Author), Lynne Lewis (Author).
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Environmental Economics Theory and Policy , AUTHOR: Alfred Endres, University of Hagen, Germany
Course Assessment:
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Class Participation 10%,
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Mid-term Examination 30%,
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Assignments 10%,
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Final Examination 50%,
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Attendance 95%compulsory