ECON 272 : ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (R)

Environmental issues are at the forefront of many policy discussions around the world. Economic theory provides useful and important tools for analyzing and comparing public policy options to global warming, resource use in developing countries, and allocation of scarce water resources. Students learn the tools to recognize and analyze environmental externalities, learn and evaluate the use and effectiveness of cost-benefit analysis and discuss current and potential policy alternatives in both developed and developing countries.