Syllabus/achievement requirements

Reading list

  • General background:

C.D. Kolstad: Environmental Economics. Oxford University Press, 2000. Chapters 1-5.

R. Perman et al.: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Chapter 5.

  • Environmental policy:

C.D. Kolstad: Environmental Economics. Oxford University Press, 2000. Chapters 6-11.

M. Hoel (1997): "Emission taxes versus other environmental policies", Scandinavian Journal of Economics 100 (1), 79-104, except Section V, 1998. K, A.

R. Perman et al.: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Chapter 6-8.

  • Valuation of environmental goods:

C.D. Kolstad: Environmental Economics. Oxford University Press, 2000. Chapters 15-18.

R. Perman et al.: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Chapter 12.

  • Dynamic issues in environmental economics:

C.D. Kolstad: Environmental Economics. Oxford University Press, 2000. Chapter 14.

R. Perman et al.: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, chapter 16 (pp. 537-554), 3rd edition, 2003. K

  • International issues:

C.D. Kolstad: Environmental Economics. Oxford University Press, 2000. Chapter 13.

Michael Hoel: "Transboundary Environmental Problems", in J.C.J.M. van der Bergh (ed.): Handbook of Environmental and Resource Economics, Edward Elgar 1999. K, A.

R. Perman et al.: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Chapter 10.

  • Specific environmental problems:

Global warming

NOU 2000:1 (Summary in English): A quota System for Greenhouse Gases: A policy instrument for fulfilling Norway's emission reduction commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. Lastes ned fra nett: http://odin.dep.no/md/engelsk/publ/rapporter/022021-020006/index-dok000-b-n-a.html. A.

Acid rain

F.R. F?rsund: Modelling transboundary air pollution: the RAINS model approach Memorandum from the Department of economics, University of Oslo, no. 37/1999 A.

Articles marked with a K are available in a compendium which is sold in Kopiutsalget, Akademika.

Articles marked with a A are to be considered as additional readings.

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