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The following reading list indicates the 8 separate themes for the course, to which each item belongs. There are however overlaps between some of the themes, so that some documents may belong under more than one theme for the course.
Background
@Venables, A. J. Using Natural Resources for Development: Why has it Proven so Difficult?, 2016. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 30, 161-184.
@Greenstone, M. Energy, Growth, and Development, 2014. International Growth Centre Working Paper.
Political economy problems related to environment, resources, and energy policy
Special topics discussed: Environmental Kuznets curves; fossil energy subsidies.
@Dinda, S. The Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: A Survey, 2004. Ecological Economics, 49, 431-455.
@Coady, D., Parry, I. and Shang, B. Energy Price Reform: A Guide for Policymakers, 2017. CESifo Working Paper no. 6342.
@Group of 20. Joint report by IEA, OPEC, OECD and World Bank on fossil-fuel and other energy subsidies: An update of the G20 Pittsburgh and Toronto Commitments, 2011.
@Vagliasindi, M. Implementing Energy Subsidy Reforms: Evidence from Developing Countries, 2013. Washington DC: The World Bank.
Pollution and related problems in developing and emerging economies
@Hammitt, J. and Robinson, L. The Income Elasticity of the Value per Statistical Life: Transferring Estimates between High and Low Income Populations, 2011. Journal of Cost-Benefit Analysis, vol 2 issue 1, article 1.
@Levinson, A. and Taylor, S. Unmasking the pollution haven effect, 2008. International Economic Review, 49, 1-32.
@Parry, I., Heine, D., Lis, E. and Li, S. Getting energy prices right: From principle to practice, 2014. Washington DC: International Monetary Fund. Chapter 3.
Climate-related problems, including problems of adaptation to climate change
Special theme: The Samaritan’s dilemma.
@World Bank. Turn Down the Heat: Confronting the New Climate Normal, 2014. Washington DC: World Bank (parts of the document only).
Climate policy issues for developing countries
@Strand, J. Unconditional and conditional INDCs under the Paris Agreement: Interpretations and their relations to policy instruments, 2017. Unpublished, University of Oslo, March 2017.
@Parry, I., D. Heine, E. Lis, and S. Li Getting energy prices right: From principle to practice, 2014. Washington DC: International Monetary Fund. Chapter 5.
Public-goods supply, infrastructure quality, and growth in developing countries
@Bardhan, P. and Mookherjee, D. Decentralization and accountability in infrastructure delivery in developing countries, 2006. The Economic Journal, 116, 101-127.
@Strand, J. Allocative Inefficiencies Resulting from Subsidies to Agricultural Electricity Use: An Illustrative Model, 2012. Policy Research Working Paper no 5955, Development Research Group, the World Bank.
@Strand, J. and Walker, I. Water markets and demand in Central American cities, 2005. Environment and Development Economics, 10 no 3, 313-335.
@Mundaca, G. Energy Subsidies, Public Investment, and Endogenous Growth, 2017. Unpublished, World Bank.
Urban transport
@Parry, I. and J. Strand , International Fuel Tax Assessment: An Application to Chile, 2012. Environment and Development Economics, 17, 127-144.
@Parry, I., Heine, D., Lis, E. and Li, S. Getting Energy Prices Right: From Principle to Practice, 2014. Washington DC: International Monetary Fund. Chapter 4-
Natural resources and management, and macroeconomic management
Special themes: North-South conflicts; Resource curse issues
@World Bank. Treasure or Trouble: Mining in developing countries, 2002. Washington DC: World Bank and International Finance Corporation.
@Ross, M. What have we learned about the resource curse?, 2015. Working paper UCLA.