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ES50059: Environmental & resource economics

[Page last updated: 15 October 2020]

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2020/1
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Economics
Further information on credits Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Further information on notional study hours Notional Study Hours: 120
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period:
Semester 2
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Coursework (CW 100%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Description: Aims:
To provide an understanding of environmental problems of global and international dimension and the policy issues involved, like the problems of coordination and cooperation across countries and the formation of international environmental agreements in the light of strong free-rider incentives.

Learning Outcomes:
To be able to critically appraise the literature on international environmental policy issues, in economics and political sciences.
To have sufficient understanding of important policy issues related to intra- and intergenerational equity.
To be able to critically appreciate the key issues and the main policy problems related to climate change, loss of biodiversity, water scarcity and overfishing and other issues immanent to the current policy debate.
To be able to apply basic methods from game theory to the analysis of problems of strategic interaction which also apply beyond environmental issues

Skills:
Ability to develop rigorous arguments through precise use of concepts and models (Taught/Facilitated/Assessed)
Ability to select, summarise and synthesis written information from multiple sources (T/F/A)
Ability to select and use appropriate ideas to produce a coherent response to a pre-set question (T/F/A)
Comprehensive and scholarly written communication (T/F/A)
Concise and effective written communication (e.g. briefings / written exams) (T/F/A)
Effective oral communication (e.g. lecture question and answer) (F)
Ability to apply theory to policy areas (T/F/A)

Content:
Introduction to the economics of climate change, biodiversity, transboundary water issues and fisheries; understanding of the main incentive structure associated with these problems; introduction to and application of important concepts in game theory suitable to analyse externalities and issues of coordination and cooperation. Debating important concepts related to green national income accounting, sustainability indicators and the limits to growth debate.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

ES50059 is Optional (DEU) on the following programmes:

Department of Psychology Department of Social & Policy Sciences

ES50059 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Economics

ES50059 is available for Auditing on the following programmes:

Department of Economics Department of Psychology

Notes:

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