NIÖ2019 Institutionenökonomik

Environmental and Biodiversity Economics Environmental and Biodiversity Economics

Module 07-202-2206

Environmental and Biodiversity Economics

Lecture and Tutorial (Thursdays 9-11 and 15-17)

Block Seminar (tba)


Master Programs
  • Volkswirtschaftslehre (Economics)
  • Joint International Master Programme in Sustainable Development
  • Sustainability Management



Contents

• Environmental Economic theory of externalities and common pool resources

• Economic valuation of environmental goods and services

• Analysis of environmental policy instruments in general and partial equilibrium

• Environmental policy instruments under uncertainty and imperfect information

• Concepts of measuring and valuing biodiversity

• Environmental economic policy approaches for biodiversity conservation


Prerequisites

Basic knowledge in Advanced Microeconomics is strongly recommended


Literature

Phaneuf und Requate (2016). A Course in Environmental Economics: Theory, Policy, and Practice, Cambridge University Press

Futher literature will be announced in the course


Exam

Written exam, 90 min