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Freshman
Seminar: Environmental Economics and Policy 39
- The class
introduces the use of economics to solve problems of agriculture,
development and the environment.
- The class
features faculty and students from Agriculture and Resource
Economics that provide overview of their research areas.
- Presentations
address both methodological approaches as well as important
policy issues.
Some
of the issues covered in the course include:
- The use
of game theory to understand strategic choices in industry
- Alternative
solutions to climate change problems
- The economics
of water in California o What is sustainable development?
- Contingent
evaluation o Assessment of value of the environment
- Future
of agricultural policy
- Globalization
and its en and econ implications
Class
Requirements
- Attendance
- Class Participation
(Please don't sleep!)
- A five-page
policy paper covering one of the issues introduced in the class.
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