ECOS3013: Environmental Economics
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ECOS3013: Environmental Economics

2025 unit information

This unit focuses on the economics of environmental problems and the solutions to those problems. We cover economic sources of environmental problems, including market failures due to externalities and public goods. Policies for addressing environmental problems are then analysed. These include Pigouvian taxes and subsidies; regulation with asymmetric information; tradable permits; regulations for public goods and open-access resources; and the allocation of property rights. Applications to climate change, pollution, valuing the environment, and sustainability, among others, are covered.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Arts and Social Sciences

Study level Undergraduate
Academic unit Economics
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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AREC2005 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. present a clear and coherent exposition of economic knowledge, ideas and empirical evidence both orally and in writing, in the context of environmental economics
  • LO2. frame problems in terms of core economic concepts and principles, and apply economic reasoning and analytical skills, in order to make informed judgements and decisions
  • LO3. access data and implement appropriate empirical techniques to interpret the results
  • LO4. explain the nature and implications of assumptions and value judgements in economics.

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2025
Normal day Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2020
Normal day Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
Intensive January - February 2021
Block mode Remote
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 2 2022
Normal day Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2022
Normal day Remote
Semester 2 2023
Normal day Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2024
Normal day Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney

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