MP307A Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Winter 2006
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives (in Czech)
This course surveys the state of the art in environmental economics and policy. If begins with a review of historical and philosophical foundations of environmental economics and policy. This will lay a firm ground for understanding cost-effective measures to prevent and mitigate environmental problems. Particular emphasis is given to contrasting command and control approaches with economic instruments such as eco-taxes and tradable pollution permits. The course incorporates insights from several natural and social sciences, but its main focus is on the applied analysis of economics and policy. The course consists of lectures, case discussions, and student presentations. While much of the literature in the field of environmental economics and policy originates in the West, particularly in the United States, careful attention will be paid to translate and adapt this knowledge to the economic, political and cultural context of Central and Eastern Europe.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Obsah kurzu:
    1. This course surveys the state of the art in environmental economics and policy.
    2. Review of historical and philosophical foundations of environmental economics and policy.
    3. Cost-effective measures to prevent and mitigate environmental problems.
    4. Command and control approaches with economic instruments such as eco-taxes and
    tradable pollution permits.

    V rámci výuky kurzu ani k jeho presentaci nejsou elektronická média využívána.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 1990, Summer 1991, Winter 1991, Summer 1992, Winter 1992, Summer 1993, Winter 1993, Summer 1994, Winter 1994, Summer 1995, Winter 1995, Summer 1996, Winter 1996, Summer 1997, Winter 1997, Summer 1998, Winter 1998, Summer 1999, Winter 1999, Summer 2000, Winter 2000, Summer 2001, Winter 2001, Summer 2002, Winter 2002, Summer 2003, Winter 2003, Summer 2004, Winter 2004, Summer 2005, Winter 2005, Summer 2006, Summer 2007.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2006, recent)
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