Lecture/Exercise course: Economic Analysis of Environmental Problems (ENVIECON) ()
WS 2013/2014
2014-02-24-2014-02-28 (several days), Room to be identified
Trung Thanh Nguyen, Thomas Koellner
Economic Analysis of Environmental Problems (ENVIECON)
Lecturer: Dr. Trung Thanh Nguyen
Form: lecture and exercise
Date: 24.-28.02.2014 (24-27.02: lecture and exercise from 8h30 – 16h30, 28.02: homework)
Room: will be identified
Credit points: 2
Study programs: TERRECO PhD students, master students of Global Change Ecology (GCE), human geography, or related disciplines and those who are interested.
Required work: regular participation including exercise section
Exam: No exam
Registration for the course is required by sending an email to Dr. Thanh Nguyen, Professorship of Ecological Services: thanh.nguyen@uni-bayreuth.de before 01.02.2014.
Goal of the course:
The course is aimed at providing the participating students with a basic understanding on environmental economics and application of economic methods to analyze environmental problems. Some case studies in both developed (South Korea) and developing (Vietnam) countries will be introduced as the illustration and demonstration of the theories for the course. In addition, the use of economic software for econometrics (Stata), programing (GAMS), and efficiency evaluation (DEAP) is guided via environmental economic exercises.
Course Content
24.02.: Economics and Environment: Introduction, environmental economic theories
25.02.: Economic Methods for Environmental Problems (morning lecture and afternoon exercise – economic programing with GAMS)
26.02.: Economic Methods for Environmental Problems (morning lecture and afternoon exercise – economic programing with GAMS)
27.02.: Vietnamese and Korean case studies and exercise (econometrics with Stata, efficiency evaluation with DEAP), Summing up and questions
28.02.: Students are free to complete homework
Software required for exercise: free version of GAMS (for modelling), Stata (for econometrics), and DEAP (for efficiency evaluation), personal laptops with internet connection are needed.
Suggested Books
1Mankiw (2006). Principles of Economics, 4th Edition. South-Western College Pub
2Hussen (2000), Principle of Environmental Economics: Economics, Ecology and Public Policy. Taylor & Francis
3Costanza et al., (1997). An Introduction to Ecological Economics. CRC Press
4Pearce and Turner (1990). Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment. The John Hopkin University Press
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