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EEP 101/ECON 125 Environmental Economics David Zilberman 2060 Valley Life Sciences Building, Tuesdays Thursdays, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Class website: /courses/EEP101/spring03/ Office hours: Thurs., 3:30-5:00 p.m. 337 Giannini Hall G.S.I.s: Yanhong Jin: jin@are.B Guanming Shi: gshi@are.B Textbooks (Optional) Tietenberg, Tom. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. Fifth Edition, Reading, Massachusetts: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 2000. Hartwick, J., and N. Olewiler. The Economics of Natural Resource Use. New York: Harper Row, 1986. Carlson, Gerald A., David Zilberman, and John A. Miranowski. Agricultural and Environmental Resource Economics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Online class notes. Grading Option 1: No final paper 50% final, 30% midterm, and 20% homework. Option 2: With final paper 66.6% grade of option 1, 33.3% grade of paper. Paper:15 pages on an environmental economics topic consisting of survey of literature, interviews, analysis, etc. Examples: -Water markets in California -Policies to contain climate -Economics of the Endangered Species Act Outline Lecture 1: Introduction Lecture 2: When Is a Market Socially Optimal? Lectures 3-4: Production Externalities Lecture 5: Positive Externalities Lecture 6: Coase Theorem and Liability Roles Lecture 7: Externalities and the Selection of Policy Tools: Other Considerations Lectures 8-9: Externalities and Technology Adoption Lecture 10: Environmental and Health Risks Lecture 11: Waste Management Lectures 12-13: Public Goods Outline (continue) Lectures 14-15: Endangered Species, Targeting Lectures 16-17: Valuation of Environmental Benefits Lecture 18: Key Elements of Dynamic Systems Lectures 19-20: Dynamic Aspects of Environ. Policies Lectures 21 -23: Water Allocation and Quality Policies Lecture 24: Pesticide Economics Lecture 25: Biotechnology Lectures 26-27: International Environmental Issues Lecture 28: Environment and Development Lecture 29: Review W