Environmental Economics

Catalog description

Microeconomic theory applied to the problems of pollution control, sustainability, and valuation of environmental goods and services. Topics include economic efficiency, externalities, public goods, benefit-cost analysis and environmental policy. Content includes economic theory, critical analysis, and problem solving applied to applications of economic efficiency, welfare analysis, and optimal pollution abatement policy. Offered in spring. Prereq: ECON 102, ENGL 110, and Math 101 or MATH placement beyond MATH 101 (MATH 151, 155H, 160, 161, 163H)