LEAD 620 - Advanced Environmental Economics

Credits: 3 Credit Hours

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the economics of national, international, and global environmental problems. A unifying theme throughout is sustainable development, defined here in economic terms as “maximizing the net benefits of economic development while maintaining the services and quality of natural resources over time”. We will use economic reasoning to examine causes and consequences of environmental and resource problems, and measures for dealing with them. (IES track)