ECON 312 - Environmental Economics

Institution:

Alfred University

Subject:

Economics

Description:

3 hours. Examines human interactions with the environment from economic perspectives. Topics include externalized costs, other market failures, resource economics, time discounting of environmental legacies, intra/inter-generational resource allocation, and implications of macro-economically inappropriate thermodynamic/ecosystem understandings. Explores theoretical and practical solutions to issues. Prerequisite: ECON 201 or permission of instructor. (Cross-listed as ENVS 312)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.alfred.edu

Phone Number:

(607) 871-2111

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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