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UPCES - Fall 2009


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Syllabus

Textbook
Schotter, Microeconomics, A Modern Approach (Second edition), chapter 17 (relevant for lectures 1 - 5) part1, part2

Lecture 1 (October 1)

Lecture Notes
Lecture 1
Required readings
Hoyt, Ryan, Houston, The Paper River: A Demonstration of Externalities and Coase’s Theorem
Plott, Externalities and Corrective Policies in Experimental Markets
Optional readings
Cherry, Kroll, Shogren, Environmental Economics, Experimental Methods
Horowitz, McConnell, Murphy, Behavioral Foundations of Environmental Economics and Valuation
Greenstone, Gayer, Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Approaches to Environmental Economics
Levitt, List, Field experiments in economics: The past, the present, and the future

Lecture 2 (October 8)

Lecture Notes
Lecture 2
Worksheet to Lectures 1 and 2
Required readings
List, Neoclassical Theory versus Prospect Theory: Evidence From the Marketplace
Cotten, Ferraro, Vossler, Can public goods experiments inform policy? Interpreting results in the presence of confused subjects (Cherry, Chapter 10)
Yandle, Vijayaraghavan, Bhattarai, The Environmental Kuznets Curve. A Primer
Optional readings
Zelmer, Linear Public Goods Experiments: A Meta-Analysis
Stern, The Rise and Fall of the Environmental Kuznets Curve

Lecture 3 (October 15)

Lecture Notes
Lecture 3
Worksheet to Lecture 3
Required readings
Plott, Externalities and Corrective Policies in Experimental Markets
Cason, Gangadharan, Environmental labelling and incomplete consumer information in laboratory markets
Do not forget to consult relevant parts of the textbook (Chapter 17 - externalities and interventionist solutions)!

Lecture 4 (October 21, WEDNESDAY 5:30, Coffee Heaven)

Lecture Notes
Lecture 4
Worksheet to Lecture 4
Required readings
Coase, The problem of social cost
Hoffman, Spitzer, The Coase Theorem: Some Experimental Tests
Harrison, McKee, Experimental Evaluation of the Coase Theorem

Lecture 5 (October 29, THURSDAY 3pm, Andreas's office [room 328] first, then CH ;-))

Lecture Notes
Lecture 5
Worksheet to Lecture 5
Required readings
Porter et al., The design, testing and implementation of Virginia’s NOx allowance auction
Holt et al., Auction Design for Selling CO2 Emissions Allowances Under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Schleich et al., Incentives for energy efficiency in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Lecture 6 (November 3, TUESDAY 5:30pm, CH)

Lecture Notes
Lecture 6
Worksheet to Lecture 6
Required readings
Potoski, Prakash, Green Clubs and Voluntary Governance: ISO 14001 and Firms’ Regulatory Compliance
Potoski, Prakash, Covenants with Weak Swords: 14001 and Facilities’ Environmental Performance
Evans, Gilpatric, McKee, Vossler, Managerial Incentives for Compliance with environmental information disclosure programs (Cherry, Chapter 13)
Optional readings
Prakash, Potoski, Racing to the Bottom? Trade, Environmental Governance, and ISO 14001
Clark, Friesen, Muller, The Good, The Bad, And The Regulator: An Experimental Test of Two Conditional Audit Schemes

Lecture 7 (November 12, THURSDAY 3pm?)

Lecture Notes
Lecture 7
Worksheet to Lecture 7
Required readings
Murphy, Stevens, Contingent Valuation, Hypothetical Bias, and Experimental Economics
Deets, Kouba, The Czech Greens revived

Lecture 8 (November 17, TUESDAY 10am, CH)

Lecture Notes
Lecture 8
Worksheet to Lecture 8
Optional readings
CENIA - The Environment in the Czech Republic 1989-2004, part 1
CENIA - The Environment in the Czech Republic 1989-2004, part 2
CENIA - The Environment in the Czech Republic 1989-2004, part 3
CENIA - The Environment in the Czech Republic 2007
CENIA – website of the Czech Ministry of the Environment’s information agency
Environment Center of Charles University
Jehlicka , Sarre, Podoba, The Czech Environmental Movement's Knowledge Interests in the 1990s: Compatibility of Western Influences with pre-1989 Perspectives

Lecture 9 (November 24, TUESDAY 5:30pm, CH)

Lecture Notes
Lecture 9
Worksheet to Lecture 9
Required readings
Axelrod, Nuclear Power and EU Enlargement: The Case of Temelín
Vail, Illegal Waste Transport and the Czech Republic: An Environmental Sociological Perspective
Optional readings
CENIA - The Environment in the Czech Republic 1989-2004, parts 1,2,3
CENIA - The Environment in the Czech Republic 2007
CENIA – website of the Czech Ministry of the Environment’s information agency
Environment Center of Charles University

Lecture 10 (December 2, WEDNESDAY 5:00pm, CH)

Lecture Notes
Lecture 10
Worksheet to Lecture 10
Required readings
Hey, EU Environmental Policies: A Short History of the Policy Strategies
Jehlicka, Tickle, Environmental Implications of Eastern Enlargement: The End of Progressive EU Environmental Policy?
Kramer, EU Enlargement and the Environment: Six Challenges
Kruzikova, EU Accession and Legal Change: Accomplishments and Challenges in the Czech Case
Optional readings
Camin, Vandeveer, Enlarging EU Environments: Central and Eastern Europe from Transition to Accession
Carter, Transforming environmental policy: Does Europe lead the way?

Lecture 11 (December 8, TUESDAY 5:30pm, CH)

Lecture Notes
Lecture 11
Required readings
Kramer, Development of Environmental Policies in the United States and Europe: Convergence or Divergence?
Optional readings
Godby, Shogren, Caveat emptor Kyoto, Comparing buyer and seller liability in carbon emission trading (Cherry, Chapter 3)


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