ECON4910 – Environmental Economics
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
Main content:
- Welfare economic treatment of environmental issues
- Theories of environmental policy instruments
- International aspects of environmental issues
- The climate problem will be given particular emphasis
Learning outcome
Knowledge
You should know
- key concepts in environmental economics and the economic issues related to a large range of environmental problems.
- elements of welfare economics, theories of environmental policy instruments, valuation of environmental goods, dynamic aspects of environmental issues, and international aspects of environmental issues.
- analyses of environmental policy instruments, with particular emphasis on situations with uncertainty and/or asymmetric information and on situations with other market failures.
- the international dimension of environmental economics covers both the case in which the environmental problem itself is international and the case in which there may be other reasons for international co-ordination of environmental policies.
Skills
You should
- have a good understanding of the basic theory of environmental economics
- have an initial overview of central contributions to the field and obtain a handle to further explore the scientific literature
- be able to study a specific environmental problem by applying a variety of methods and by adapting general models taught in the course
Competence
You should
- be able to read and understand project reports and journal articles that make use of the concepts and methods that are introduced in the course
- be able to make use of the course content in your own academic work, for example in analyses that are part of the master’s thesis
Admission to the course
Students admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
Students not admitted to the Master’s programme in Economics or the Master’s programme in Economic Theory and Econometrics (Samfunns?konomisk analyse), can apply for admission to one of our study programmes, or apply for guest student status.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
You must fulfill one of these prerequisites:
- Bachelor`s degree in Economics, or equivalent.
- ECON3220 – Microeconomics 3 / ECON4220 – Microeconomics 3, or equivalent.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with SO?505.
- 10 credits overlap with ECON505.
- 10 credits overlap with S?K505.
Teaching
Lectures and seminars.
At the start of the semester, the course reponsible can update the syllabus list by replacing up to 3 articles, without the scope and thematic content of the syllabus changing significantly.
The syllabus also includes any lecture notes that are made available during the semester.
Examination
A 3-hour written school exam.
Exam papers with comments from examiner
Examination support material
Usage of a dictionary during the examination is allowed, subject to prior inspection by SV-info.?See guidelines for further details.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English. You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
If you are sick or have another valid reason for not attending the regular exam, we offer a postponed exam later in the same semester.
See also our information about resitting an exam.
Students who wish to take the exam again in a later semester are not guaranteed that the course will be given with the same content and syllabus, or that the form of assessment will be the same.
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- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
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- Cheating/attempted cheating
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