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Welcome to Environmental Economics (ECON436) Spring 2008:
We'll meet: MW 8:30 - 10:30 in 302 Balmer Hall
Office Hours: Tu 3:30 - 5:00 in 524 Condon Hall
Department of Economics
1100 NE Campus Pkwy
For the course goals, description and policies, please refer to the
Syllabus
Readings for W, April 9:
(a) Chapter 1 and chapter 2 of Field & Field.
(b) the
New York Times article by Gregory Mankiw
(c) Chapter 1 to 3 of Kolstad.
Readings for M, April 14:
(a) ...in class, the question came up of when there exist non-convex production possibility sets: The dissertation by Nico Bauer explains it well, especially Chapter 4.4.2 on page 126 ff.
[click here to download dissertation]
(b) Chapter on the Laws of Thermodynamics by Hanley, Shogren & White, in the book: "Environmental Economics".
(c) Daylight Time and Energy (paper by Ryan Kellogg & Hendrik Wolff, downloadable at my "Research" page). For Powerpoint Presentation click
here
Problem Set 1, due April 23:
PS1
Readings for M, April 21:
(a) Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of Kolstad.
PS 2 due W, April 30:
(a) Chapter 3 of Kolstad, Problem 2., 4. and 6.
(b) Chapter 4 of Kolstad, Problem 2., 3., 4. and 5.
Readings for W, May 14:
Chapter 6 of Kolstad.
Readings for M, May 19:
Chapter 7 of Kolstad.
PS 3 due W, May 21:
Chapter 6 of Kolstad, Problem 2., 4. and 6.
Readings for W, May 28:
Chapter 8 of Kolstad.
PS 4 due W, May 28:
Chapter 7 of Kolstad, Problem 1., 3. and 5.
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