 | Study programme | Français | |
 | Environmental Economics | ||
Activité d'apprentissage à la Warocqué School of Business and Economics |
| Code | Lecturer(s) | Associate Lecturer(s) | Subsitute Lecturer(s) et other(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| W-ANMI-021 |
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| Language of instruction | Language of assessment | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglais | Anglais | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q2 |
Content of Learning Activity
The course aims to allow students to assess existing policy and to design future policy, taking into account damage functions, the uncertainty surrounding the damage functions, side benefits, distributional issues and political feasibility.
Different philosophical stances towards the environment, welfare economics and the environment, optimal pollution levels, environmental policy instruments (command and control, taxes, tradeble permits, voluntary approaches), the science basis of climate change, international negociations on environmental problems (climate change versus ozone depletion), cost benefit analysis, optimal policy under uncertainty and irreversibility.
Required Learning Resources/Tools
Recommended Learning Resources/Tools
Perman, Ma, Common, Maddison, McGilvray (2011) Natural Resource and Enviornmental Economics, Pearson.
Other Recommended Reading
Not applicable
Mode of delivery
- Face to face
Type of Teaching Activity/Activities
- Cours magistraux
- Conférences
Evaluations
The assessment methods of the Learning Activity (AA) are specified in the course description of the corresponding Educational Component (UE)