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- Code:
- AGERE-E02
- Field:
- Environmental Economics
- Targets:
- Master’s students Research Master's students PhD students
- Organiser:
- University of Helsinki - Environmental Economics
- Instructor:
- Lassi Ahlvik
- Period:
- Period 3
- Format:
- Lecture
- Method:
- Contact teaching
- Venue:
- Viikki campus
- Enrollment:
In case of conflicting information consider the Sisu/Course/Moodle pages the primary source of information.
Aalto and Hanken economics students can enroll in their home university’s SISU! Further instructions can be found on the How to enroll page, also for other students.
Before taking and completing the course make sure that the credits can be counted towards your degree at your home university by checking which courses are included in your curriculum or by contacting your home university’s student/learning services.
Content
The course deepens the theory and analytical skills provided by course AGERE-E01. The first part of the course focuses on economics of uncertainty and introduces the concepts of risk-aversion, prudence, value of information, precautionary principle and optimal experimentation. The second part of the course introduces economics of information, where the policy maker is less informed than the regulated firms or individuals. We learn how to design contracts, negotiations, green auctions and mechanisms under information constraints. Throughout the course, we will supplement the theoretical models with numerical examples and empirical studies.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the students understand how to systematically think the solution to environmental problems under uncertainty, and how to design incentive schemes for effective environmental problem under private information. The students will learn to formulate, analyze and interpret economic models of uncertainty and private information, such as moral hazard, adverse selection, auctions and mechanism design.