wir901 - Environmental Economics (Complete module description)

Module label	Environmental Economics
Modulkürzel	wir901
Credit points	6.0 KP
Workload	180 h ( Lecture: 3 SWS (42h) Exercise: 1 SWS (14h) )
Institute directory	Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law (Business Administration and Business Education)
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls	Master Applied Economics and Data Science (Master) > Economics Master's Programme Business Administration, Economics and Law (Master) > Schwerpunktmodule NM-VWL Master's Programme Business Administration, Economics and Law (Master) > Schwerpunkt "Volkswirtschaftslehre" (VWL) (MPO2020) Master's programme Business Administration: Management and Law (Master) > Schwerpunktmodule NM-VWL Master's Programme Computing Science (Master) > Module aus anderen Studiengängen Master's Programme Environmental Modelling (Master) > Mastermodule Master's Programme Sustainability Economics and Management (Master) > Basic Modules
Zuständige Personen	Helm, Carsten (Module counselling) Lehrenden, Die im Modul (Module counselling) Lehrenden, Die im Modul (Prüfungsberechtigt) Helm, Carsten (module responsibility)
Prerequisites	Keine
Skills to be acquired in this module	Know and be able to apply fundamental concepts and figures of thought in environmental economics; be able to analyse and evaluate environmental problems and solution approaches; practice scientific methods and the ability to discuss; be able to classify environmental economics in the context of interdisciplinary sustainability research.
Module contents	Economic analysis of environmental impacts (property rights, external effects, market failure); ethical aspects of environmental economics, instruments of environmental policy (tradable permits, taxes, subsidies, liability law); innovation and adaptation of new technologies; international environmental problems.
Literaturempfehlungen	Daniel J. Phaneuf and Till Requate. A Course in Environmental Economics: Theory, Policy, and Practice. Cambridge University Press, 2016. Roger Perman, Yue Ma, Michael Common, David Maddison and James McGilvray. Natural Resource and Environmental Economics. Addison Wesley. 2011 (4th edition).
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Language of instruction	English
Duration (semesters)	1 Semester
Module frequency	Annually
Module capacity	unlimited
Type of module	je nach Studiengang Pflicht oder Wahlpflicht
Teaching/Learning method	Vorlesung und Übung / Lecture and exercise

Form of instruction	SWS	Workload of compulsory attendance
Lecture	2	28
Exercises	2	28
Präsenzzeit Modul insgesamt		56 h

Examination	Prüfungszeiten	Type of examination
Final exam of module	At the end of the lecture period	Written exam; bonus through solution of exercises