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ECON 6860 - Energy and Environmental Economics I


Covers the economics of conventional and alternative energy sources. Topics in energy economics such as the demand for energy, supply of energy, evolving alternative energy sources, consumption, efficiency, adoption, and diffusion of new energy technologies, externalities, and the economics of climate change. The course will examine environmental impacts and their analysis, and introduce models and methods of analysis including cost-benefit analysis, discounting, the value of a statistical life, and health as human capital.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: ECON 6720 and ECON 6740 or permission of instructor.

When Offered: Fall term annually.



Credit Hours: 3



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