wir901 - Environmental Economics (Complete module description)
Module label | Environmental Economics |
Module code | 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) |
Applicability of the module |
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Responsible persons |
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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. |
Recommended reading | 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 | Pflicht o. Wahlpflicht / compulsory or optional |
Teaching/Learning method | Lecture and exercise |
Type of course | Comment | SWS | Frequency | Workload of compulsory attendance |
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Lecture | 2 | 28 | ||
Exercises | 2 | 28 | ||
Total module attendance time | 56 h |
Examination | Prüfungszeiten | Type of examination |
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Final exam of module | At the end of the lecture period |
Written exam; bonus through solution of exercises |