ECO 724 - Environmental Economics

Institution:

University of Kentucky

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Description:

This seminar in environmental economics deals with market failure, benefit-cost analysis, no market failure, valuations of environmental changes, and selected topics in environmental economics. Central to the course is valuing changes in health risks, risk perception, and behavior related to health risk. Selected topics include international issues, environmental equity and markets for environmental quality. This course and ECO 725 Health Economics are the two courses that are the basis for the area in Environmental and Health Economics in the Ph.D. Program in Economics. Prereq: ECO 601 and ECO 703 or consent of instructor.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uky.edu

Phone Number:

(859) 257-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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