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Chapter 0: Math Review

Chapter 1: What is Economics?   (Power Point)

Chapter 2: When is a Market Socially Optimal?

Chapter 3: Welfare Economics

Chapter 4: Negative Externalities and Governement Policy

Chapter 5: Issues in Externality Control

Chapter 6: Other Considerations of Externality Policy

Chapter 7: Public Goods

Chapter 8: Technology

Chapter 9: Valuation of Environmental Benefits

Chapter 10: Natural Resource Economics

Chapter 11:Natural Resources and Dynamic Systems

Chapter 12: Nonrenewable Resources

Chapter 13: Renewable Resources: Fisheries

Chapter 14: Climate Change 

Chapter 15: Forestry Economics

Chapter 16:Surface Water Economics

Chapter 16A:Surface Water Economics: Notes

Chapter 17: Irrigation Economics

Chapter 17A:Drainage and Water Quality

Chapter 18: Pesticide Economics

Chapter 19: Biodiversity/Biotech

Chapter 20: Environmental Services

Appendix 

(i) Irreversibility and Option Value

(ii) Two-period Renewable Resource Model with Non-zero Interest Rate


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