Economics 260
Course Outline
Credit: Three credit hours
Hours of instruction: Three lecture hours and one problem-solving hour per week.
Transferability:
| Simon Fraser University | Economics 260 (3) |
| University of British Columbia | unassigned 2nd year economics credit |
| University of Victoria | unassigned 2nd year economics credit |
Prerequisites: Economics 103, Economics 105, English 098 (corequisite)
Course content: Topics include:
| Externalities - definitions, proposed solutions, Coase Theorem |
| Problem of the commons |
| Optimal rate of resource extraction |
| Efficiency vs ecology tradeoffs |
| Applied problems: Recycling at any cost? Optimal ownership of resources |
Textbooks:
| Environmental Economics Policy , Tom Tietenburg, 3rd edition (2001) Addison Wesley |
| Free Market Environmentalism, Anderson and Leal, Dorfman and Dorfman (1993) |
| Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings 3rd edition, Norton |
Instructors:
Stéphane Deseau, M.Econ. ( Maine, France), M.Sc. ( Quebec)
Cheryl Fu, B.A. ( Beijing), M.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. candidate
Paul Geddes, B.A. ( Claremont), M.A. (Carleton)
Fatin Jallad, B.A., B.Sc. ( Portland), M.Sc. ( New Mexico), M.Sc. ( Arizona)
Susana Leung, B.B.A., M.A. (Simon Fraser)