Environmental Economics Instructor’s Information Instructor: Min Qiang (Kent) Zhao Email:
[email protected] Office: Economics Building A202 Office Hour: TBA
TA’s Information TBA
Course Description: The aim of this course is to help you understand the connection between economics and the environment, and how economic analytical tools can be used to make private and public economic decisions that involve environmental resources. The economic analytical tools that will be discussed in this course include demand-supply analysis, consumption theory and budget constraint, methods to value public goods (based on both revealed-preference and statedpreference approaches), production theory and pollution, market failure and negative externalities, government policies to address negative externalities (for environmental protection), and benefit-cost analysis. 课程介绍 本课程的目的是帮助学生理解经济学与环境之间的关系，以及如何使用经济分析工具，就 涉及环境资源的私人和公共经济事件做出决定。本课程将会讨论的经济分析工具包括：供 需分析、消费理论、预算约束，评估公共品价值的方法（基于显示性偏好和叙述性偏好的 方法）、生产理论、污染、市场失效、负外部性、旨在应付负外部性的政府政策（环境保 护政策）以及成本收益分析。
Required Textbook: Charles D. Kolstad, Environmental Economics 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2010 (ISBN: 0199732647)
Recommended Readings for Undergraduate Students Peter Berck and Gloria Helfand, The Economics of the Environment, Prentice Hall, 2010 (ISBN: 0321321669) Eban S. Goodstein and Stephen Polasky, Economics and the Environment, 7th Edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2014 (ISBN: 1118539729)
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Recommended Readings for Graduate Students Timothy C. Haab and Kenneth E. McConnell, Valuing Environmental and Natural Resources: The Econometrics of Non-market Valuation, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2002 (ISBN: 1840647043) John Whitehead, Tim Haab and Ju-Chin Huang, Preference Data for Environmental Valuation: Combining Revealed and Stated Approaches, Routledge, 2011 (ISBN: 0415774640)
Midterm and Final: There will be one midterm exam and one final exam. Both are closed-book exams. The final exam is cumulative. There won’t be any make-up or early midterm exams. If you miss the midterm exam without a valid reason, your mid-term score will be zero. If you do have a valid reason, your midterm grade will be computed based on your final exam performance. However, you will be required to submit an authorized written document (e.g. serious illness) to be exempt from taking the midterm. For the final exam, students with a valid and well-documented reason will be allowed to take a make-up at a later date. If you fail to provide the required document or fail to attend the make-up, your final exam score will be zero. 期中与期末考试 本课程将安排一次期中闭卷考试和一次期末闭卷考试。期末考试是累积性的。 期中考试不安排补考或提前考。如果你缺席期中考试且无正当理由，那你期中考试的成绩 为零分。如果你有正当理由缺考，那么你期中考试的成绩将根据你期末考试的成绩计算得 出。但是，你必须递交经授权的书面证明（如证明你患有非常严重的疾病），才能免除期 中考试。 至于期末考试，如果你有正当理由并能递交相关的书面证明，那么你可以参加补考。如果 你无法递交相关证明或未能参加补考，那么你期末成绩将为零分。
Bonus In each class, if you participate in any class discussion, you will be given a half bonus point. The maximum number of bonus points that can be added to your final score is 5. Please note that there is no such thing called “dumb answer” in my class. Your input will always be appreciated, and you will earn your bonus point regardless of whether your answer is correct or not. At the end of each class, if you participate in any class discussion, please check with TA and leave your name to him/her.
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加分 每堂课上，如果你参与了课堂讨论，就可得到半分加分。你最多可以得到 5 分的加分。在 我的课堂上，回答对或回答错都没有关系。你只要积极参与课堂讨论，就能得到加分，不 管你的回答对错与否。 如果你参与了课堂讨论，请在每次讲课结束之后，把你的名字告诉 TA。
Homework Doing homework can help you better understand course materials. You are encouraged to discuss homework problems with your classmates, but the final write-up of your homework solutions must be your own work. 作业 做作业可以帮助你更好地理解课程内容。你可以与同学讨论课后作业，但是你最终的作业 应由你本人独立完成。
Grading (Raw Scores): Homework 20 pts Midterm 35 pts Final 45 pts Total 100 pts Bonus (Max)
5 pts
评分 (原始分数)： 作业 期中考试 期末考试 合计
20 pts 35 pts 45 pts 100 pts
加分 (最多)
5 pts
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