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| WEEK: | TOPICS:|
| 1 - Sep 27 | Syllabus, Screening of "An Inconvenient Truth;" Homework (due on Oct 9) |
| 2 - Oct 4 | NO CLASS |
| 3 - Oct 11 | Introduction: market failures - externalities, tragedy of the commons, environment as public good; Interventionist solutions to the Externality problem – Pigouvian taxes and standards and charges |
| 4 - Oct 18 | Interventionist solutions to the Externality problem contd. – Marketable pollution permits |
| 5 - Oct 25 | Non-interventionist solutions to the Externality problem - Environmental labeling; Environmental Kuznets curve | Presentation topics to be submitted
| 6 - Nov 1 | Student Presentations [MIDTERM WEEK] |
| 7 - Nov 8 | Non-interventionist solutions to the Externality problem – The Coasian solution |
| 8 - Nov 15 | Non-interventionist solutions to the Externality problem – Voluntary programs and self-regulation |
| 9 - Nov 22 | Environmental Policy in the Czech Republic – History and current issues |
| 10 - Nov 29 | Environmental Policy in the EU – History and Current problems |
| 11 - Dec 6 | Environmental Policy in the world context – History and Current problems, Renewable Resources |
| 12 - Dec 13 | FINAL EXAM |
| Lecture 1 | |
| Lecture 2 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 2 | |
| Public good experiment - instructions |
| Hardin, The Tragedy of the commons | |
| Plott, Externalities and Corrective Policies in Experimental Markets | |
| Do not forget to consult relevant parts of the Schotter's textbook (Chapter 17 - externalities and interventionist solutions)! |
| Lecture 3 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 3 |
| Schleich et al., Incentives for energy efficiency in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme | |
| EU ETS factsheet (2013) | |
| Porter et al., The design, testing and implementation of Virginia’s NOx allowance auction |
| Lecture 4 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 4 |
| Cason, Gangadharan, Environmental labelling and incomplete consumer information in laboratory markets | |
| Yandle, Vijayaraghavan, Bhattarai, The Environmental Kuznets Curve. A Primer |
| Stern, The Rise and Fall of the Environmental Kuznets Curve | |
| Hoyt, Ryan, Houston, The Paper River: A Demonstration of Externalities and Coase’s Theorem |
| Lecture 6 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 6 |
| Coase, The problem of social cost | |
| Hoffman, Spitzer, The Coase Theorem: Some Experimental Tests | |
| Harrison, McKee, Experimental Evaluation of the Coase Theorem |
| Lecture 7 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 7 |
| Potoski, Prakash, Green Clubs and Voluntary Governance: ISO 14001 and Firms’ Regulatory Compliance | |
| Potoski, Prakash, Covenants with Weak Swords: 14001 and Facilities’ Environmental Performance | |
| Lecture 8 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 8 |
| Lecture 9 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 9 |
| Lecture 10 | |
| Lecture 10 - Renewables in CR | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 10 |
| Kramer, Development of Environmental Policies in the United States and Europe: Convergence or Divergence? | |
| Muller, Copenhagen 2009 Failure or final wake-up call for our leaders |