ECO 346: Environmental and Resource Economics - HOMEPAGE

ECO 346 is an elective course in the Environmental Studies Minor.  For more information on the Environmental Studies program go to Environmental Studies.

 

Partially UPDATED FOR SPRING 2009

Syllabus

Classroom Presentations - Schedule with hyperlinks

Environmental News

From the New York Times  New! Energy & Environment section

Internet Sources    May be some link-rot

Addition Readings

Chapter Outlines

Homework Problems

    Homework #1 Due Tuesday, February 10

    For those with the Second Edition of the book use this link - Homework #1 2/E

    Homework #2 Due Tuesday, February 24

    Homework #3 Due Tuesday, March 10

Study Guide for Mid-Term Exam on Thursday, March 12    [Posted Wednesday March 4]

     Homework #4 with Hints Due Thursday April 9

   Paper #1 (Due Tuesday April 21)    Paper #2 (Due Tuesday May 5)

 

FINAL EXAM  2009 (100 points): Due on or before Tuesday, May 12, 12:00 p.m.

  1.    Environmental economics Rescuing environmentalism And Are you being served?   Apr 21st 2005     The Economist

  2. Climate change The illusion of clean coal Mar 5th 2009 From The Economist print edition and Carbon capture and storage Trouble in store

  3. America and climate change Cap and binge and America and climate change Sins of emission Mar 12th 2009 From The Economist print edition

  4. Should the Obama Administration Implement a CO2 Tax? by Ian W.H. Parry April 2009 Resources For The Future, Issue Brief # 09-05

  5. An Affordable Salvation By PAUL KRUGMAN, Op-Ed Columnist   New York Times         May 1, 2009

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Articles for question 6 on the Study Guide for Exam

        CAA-2 by Richard Epstein, dean of U of Chicago Law School

        CAA-3 from Environmental News Service

        caa4 editorial from the New York Times

       Link to RFF journal Resources.  The Supreme Court rules that costs should not be considered when setting air quality standards.

Kyoto Protocol and Climate Change