For students:

Environmental Economics I: Theory (5 cr)

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Code:
AGERE-E01
Field:
Environmental Economics
Targets:
Master’s students Research Master's students
Organiser:
University of Helsinki - Environmental Economics
Instructor:
Lassi Ahlvik
Period:
Period 2
Format:
Lecture
Method:
Contact teaching
Venue:
Viikki campus
Enrollment:
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Content

The course provides a rigorous survey on the classical theory of static externality. The course starts with efficiency and distributional effects of environmental policies. The second part of the course analyzes international trade and the differences between consumption- and production-based environmental policies. The third part then focuses on the choice between climate policy instruments under imperfect competition, voluntary emission reductions, linking environmental regulations between countries and instrument choice under uncertainty. Throughout the course we will link the theoretical models to real-world examples and empirical studies.

Teaching

  • Completion method: contact teaching
  • Schedule: can be found in Course Page and Sisu
  • Study materials: can be found in Moodle
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University-specific instructions

Aalto University Students
  • Code: no equivalent code
  • Target groups: MSc (not suitable for PhD students)
  • Credit points: 5
  • Credit transfer: apply for inclusion in Sisu
Hanken Students
  • Code: 26071
  • Target groups: MSc (not suitable for PhD students)
  • Credit points: 5
  • Credit transfer: apply for substitution in Sisu
University of Helsinki Students

  • Code: AGERE-E01

  • Target groups: MSc students (not suitable for PhD students)

  • Credit points: 5

FDPE Students Students

  • Not suitable for PhD students

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, students are able to derive rigorously the key results of static externality and the optimal use of policy instruments. The students will understand various incentive margins that affect behavior of firms under market-based environmental regulation and how policies affects them. The students will learn the tools to set-up and solve static optimization problems, learn how to solve them numerically and become familiar with empirical analyses of environmental problems.