ECON 381

Environmental Economics I

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

An introduction to the economic analysis of environmental problems. In particular, an examination of policy interventions in cases where market activities result in socially undesirable impacts on the environment. Topics typically include: externalities; pollution control policy; climate change; public goods; time, uncertainty and the environment; and trade and the environment.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 381, 330, ES 312.

Also: ES 312

Formerly: 330

Prerequisites: 103.

Undergraduate course in Economics offered by the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Social Sciences.