Economics and Environmental Policy

Catalog description

This class will focus on the use of economics as a tool in forming and evaluating environmental policy, with a focus on how economists measure the health and economic effects of pollution and environmental regulation in the United States. Topics include: externalities in an environmental context; regulation methods such as command and control, Pigouvian taxation, and cap and trade; overview of current environmental legislation; environmental quality and health; regulation and environmental justice. (MPA-ECONPL, MPA-ENPO, MPA-INTPMN, MPA-ME, MPA-PUBNON, MPA-SOCPOL)