Natural Resource Economics II

Course Code:
FARE*6960
Course Level:
Graduate
Semesters Offered:
Fall
Taught By:
Description:

Natural Resources II reviews & extends conventional theoretical modeling approaches to renewable resources, e.g. fisheries & forestry. Seminal literature is reviewed and contemp. theoretical work and empirical papers discussed. Emphasis on extending economic models addressing natural resource issues - uncertainty, externalities & policy instruments, and derive reduced-form versions of forestry & fishery for empirical estim. & analysis. Primary method of math analysis involves dyn. opt. techniques. Detailed math derivations & proofs expected. Also- extinction, climate change, carb sequest.

(Offered alternate years.)

Prerequisite(s): ECON*6010, FARE*6950

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