Transcript EEP 101/econ 125 Environmental Economics

EEP 101/econ 125
Environmental Economics
David Zilberman
22 Warren Hall, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:3011:00 a.m.
Class website
http://are.berkeley.edu/courses/EEP101/spring02/
Office Hours: Thurs., 3:30-5 p.m.
337 Giannini Hall.
G.S.I.'s:
• Anna Gueorguieva [email protected]
• Yanhong Jin [email protected]
• Aaron Swoboda
[email protected]
Textbooks (Optional)
• Tietenberg, Tom. Environmental and Natural Resource
Economics. Fifth Edition, Reading, Massachusetts: Addison
Wesley Longman, Inc., 2000.
• Hartwick, J., and N. Olewiler. The Economics of Natural
Resource Use. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
• Carlson, Gerald A., David Zilberman, and John A.
Miranowski. Agricultural and Environmental Resource
Economics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
• Online class notes
Grading
• Option 1- no final paper
– 50% final, 30% midterm, and 20% homework.
• Option 2-with final paper
– 66.6% Grade of option 1, 33.3% Grade of paper
Paper 15 pages Environmental economics topic
Survey of literature, interviews, analysis. Examples
Water markets in California,
Policies to contain climate
Economics of endangered species act
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Outline
Lecture 1: Introduction
Lecture 2: When Is a Market Socially Optimal?
Lectures 3-4: Production Externalities
Lecture 5: Positive Externalities
Lecture 6: Coase Theorem and Liability Roles
Lecture 7: Externalities and the Selection of Policy
Tools: Other Considerations
Lectures 8-9Externalities and Technology Adoption
Lecture 10: Environmental and Health Risks
Lecture 11: Waste Management
Lectures 12-13: Public Goods
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Lectures 14-15: Endangered Species, Targeting
Lectures 16-17: Valuation of Environmental Benefits
Lecture 18: Key elements of Dynamic Systems
Lectures 19-20: Dynamic Aspects of Enviro Policies
Lectures 21 -23: Water Allocation and Quality Policies
Lecture 24: Pesticide Economics
Lecture 25: Biotechnology
Lectures 26-27: International Environmental Issues
Lecture 28: Environment and Development
Lecture 29: Review
What is environmental economics
• How to use economics principle to manage better
the environment and the economy
• Guiding principles
• Anthropocentric emphasis- human concern for and
benefits from nature justifies policy intervention.
• Inter-disciplinary emphasis-Scientific knowledge
become part of the input to the economic analysis
• Policy emphasis- market failures cause to pollution
control and environmental conservation policies
• Issue orientation
Major issues and problems
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Pollution control-carrots sticks awareness guilt
Valuation of environmental amenities
Conservation policies and environmental protection
Water air and soil protection
Climate change
Sustainability endangered species
Risk management
Major issues and problems
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Pollution control-carrots sticks awareness guilt
Valuation of environmental amenities
Conservation policies and environmental protection
Water air and soil protection
Climate change
Sustainability endangered species
Risk management
The Major association of
environmental economist is AERE
Association of environmental and
resource economics. Its journal is
JEEE. Environmental economics is
supported by EPA, USDA, Army
core of engineers.
Environmental economists are
employed by the federal
&state government,
developers, environmental
groups,lawyers,
The Society facilitates
understanding between
economists and ecologists
and
the integration of their
thinking into a
transdiscipline aimed at
developing a
sustainable world.
Agricultural economists
emphasize research on
environmental issues
including water pesticides
animal waste, soil erosion
,ag biotech etc.
Their association AAEA
journal AJAE
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Interdisciplinary Journals
Science American Academy of Science
Nature
Water Resources Research American Geological Union
Natural Resources Modeling
Journal of Amer. Statistical Assoc. American Statistical
Association
Management Science Management Science Society
The Economist,
Choices,
Resources,
Challenge,
California Agriculture