wir260 Umweltökonomie (Complete module description)

wir260 Umweltökonomie (Complete module description)

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Module title Umweltökonomie
Module code wir260
Credit points 6.0 KP
Responsible institute Department für WiRe (VWL)
Responsible persons
Authorised to examine:
Die im Modul Lehrenden
Module responsibility:
Cristian Huse
Prerequisites
Languages of instruction
Learning outcomes/competencies

Students will develop the ability to:

  • conceptually understand and formulate environmental problems based on microeconomic theory;
  • classify different types of pollution, related environmental problems, and the corresponding market failures;
  • recommend appropriate policy instruments to adress environmental problems
  • critically analyze environmental policy interventions.
Module contents
  • Theory of welfare economics and environmental goods;
  • Pollution problems and targets;
  • Policy instruments;
  • Cost-Benefit-Analysis.
Recommended reading

R. Perman, Y. Ma, J. McGilvray, M. Common (2003). Natural Resource and Environmental Economics. Pearson.

US Environmental Protection Agency (2010). Guide for Economic Analyses. (May 2014 update).

N. Keohane & S. Olmstead (2007). Markets and the Environment. Springer Verlag.

C. Kolstad (2010). Environmental Economics. Oxford University Press.
Required assesment
Method of assesment

Portfolio with up to three components.
Exam dates

At the end of the lecture period.
Duration (semesters) 1 Semester
Module frequency jährlich
Workload
Total workload Contact hours
180 h
Course type
Type SWS Module frequency Contact hours
Lecture 4 56 h
Exercises SoSe oder WiSe 0 h
Further information

Aufnahmekapazität:
unbegrenzt

Lehr-/Lernform:
1 VL

Links:

https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/wire/
Applicability of the module
  • Fach-Bachelor Nachhaltigkeitsökonomik > Vertiefungsmodule
  • Fach-Bachelor Wirtschaftsinformatik > Akzentsetzungsbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften
  • Fach-Bachelor Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Studienrichtung Ökologie und Nachhaltigkeit
  • Fach-Bachelor Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Studienrichtung Volkswirtschaftslehre
  • Master Wirtschaftsinformatik > Module der Wirtschafts- und Rechtswissenschaften (Master)
  • Master Wirtschaftsinformatik > Wirtschaftsinformatik