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| WEEK: | TOPICS: |
| 1 - Feb 21 | Introduction, Market failures - externalities, tragedy of the commons, environment as public good, "An Inconvenient Truth" |
| 2 - Feb 28 | Interventionist solutions to the Externality problem – Pigouvian taxes and standards and charges |
| 3 - Mar 7 | Interventionist solutions to the Externality problem – Marketable pollution permits |
| 4 - Mar 14 | Non-interventionist solutions to the Externality problem - Environmental labeling; Environmental Kuznets curve |
| 5 - Mar 21 | Non-interventionist solutions to the Externality problem – The Coasian solution Presentation topics to be submitted |
| 6 - Mar 28 | MIDTERM WEEK: Student's presentations |
| 7 - Apr 4 | Non-interventionist solutions to the Externality problem – Voluntary programs and self-regulation |
| 8 - Apr 11 | Environmental Policy in the Czech Republic – History and current issues I |
| 9 - Apr 18 | SPRING BREAK |
| 10 - Apr 25 | Environmental Policy in the Czech Republic – History and current issues II |
| 11 - May 2 | Environmental Policy in the EU – History and Current problems |
| 12 - May 9 | Environmental Policy in the world context – History and Current problems, Renewable Resources |
| 13 - May 16 | FINAL EXAM |
| Lecture 1 | |
| Hardin, The Tragedy of the commons |
| Levitt, List, Field experiments in economics: The past, the present, and the future | |
| Greenstone, Gayer, Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Approaches to Environmental Economics |
| Lecture 2 | |
| Worksheet for Lectures 1&2 | |
| 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)! |
| Holt, Laury, Voluntary Provision of a Public Good |
| 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 |
| Godby, Schogren, Caveat emptor Kyoto, Comparing buyer and seller liability in carbon emission trading |
| 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 5 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 5 |
| 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 | |
| Lectures 8 and 10 | |
| Lecture 10 - EKC | |
| Worksheet for Lectures 8 and 10 (updated) |
| Lecture 11 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 11 |
| Lecture 12 | |
| Lecture 12 - RES in CR | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 12 |
| 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 |