Course title
環境経済学   [Environmental Economics]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	2～	Semester	3rd
Course type	3rd	Course code	01RN2231
Instructor(s)
吉田 央   [YOSHIDA Hiroshi]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office		Email address

Course description

In this class students learn about the relationship between environmental issues and economics and economic thought.

Expected Learning

(1) to understand the basic idea of each tendencies of environmental economics. (2) to Understand economic policy instruments of environmental protection such as environmental tax or emissions trading.

Course schedule

(Part I. Foundation of economic theory) 1. Three tendencies of economics 2. Introduction to consumer theory 3. Introduction to producer theory 4. Perfect competitive market equilibrium 5. Labor market theory 6. National income theory 7. Marx's economic thinking 8. North-South problem (Part 2 market failure and policy instruments) 9. The concept of externality and Coarse Theorem 10. Environmental tax 11. Emission Trading and Climate Change 12. Management of non-renewable and renewable resources 13. Economic evaluation 14. Other topics relating to environmental ecnomics 15. Final examination

Prerequisites

Nothing particularly required.

Required Text(s) and Materials

Designated in classroom.

References

Designated in classroom.

Assessment/Grading

Final examination plus term papers.

Message from instructor(s)

Course keywords

environmental problem, political economy

Office hours

Remarks 1

Remarks 2

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

Last update

2/20/2019 11:23:58 PM