2024-2025 College Catalog

ECON 318 Environmental Economics

Applies economic logic to an issue of ongoing importance. The analysis includes externalities and market failure, comparison of command-and-control strategies with market- incentive strategies, evaluation of costs and benefits of alternative proposals, consequences of court decisions to resolve environmental disputes, and the effects of public policies on environment quality.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ECON 221, ECON 222