Climate Change Economics and Policy
ECON 210
Fall 2024
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENVS 214 |
This course introduces students to the role of applied economics in climate change policy and analysis. Students will learn how economists view climate change causes, mitigation, adaptation, and policy challenges. Key topics include: economics of market failures, socially optimal greenhouse gas emissions, overview of theoretical and real-world policies to reduce emissions, evaluating the relative abatement costs of command and control versus market-based policies, valuing climate change impacts, evidence of adaptation strategies in the economy, discounting costs and benefits across multiple generations, impacts of uncertainty on optimal policy design, the role of international cooperation and consequences of unilateral action, and distributional effects. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS ECON |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: ECON110 OR ECON101 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ECON-MN)(ECON)(ENVS-MN)(ENVS)(HRAD-MN)(IDEA-MN)(IDEA) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
TBD
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Examinations and Assignments:
Occasional problem sets, paper or research project, midterm exam, oral presentations of research |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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Students who complete ECON 210 cannot receive credit towards the ECON major for ECON 310, or vice versa depending on your needs for major credit.
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| Instructor(s): Gourley,Patrick James Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: PAC101; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 10 | FR: 5 |
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