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| WEEK: | TOPICS: |
| 1 - Feb 18 | Introduction, Pollution as market failure, Environment as public good, Interventionist solutions to the Externality problem – Pigouvian taxes and standards and charges |
| 2 - Feb 25 | Interventionist solutions to the Externality problem – Marketable pollution permits |
| 3 - Mar 3 | Screening of "An Inconvenient Truth" (4pm - 6pm) |
| 4 - Mar 10 | SWITCH TO DISTNACE LEARNING, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAILS FOR UPDATES |
| 5 - Mar 17 | Assigned topic for homestudy, will be discussed next week. |
| 6 - Mar 24 | DISCUSS: Non-interventionist solutions to the Externality problem - Environmental labeling; Environmental Kuznets curve |
| 7 - Mar 31 | DISCUSS: Non-interventionist solutions to the Externality problem – The Coasian solution |
| 8 - Apr 7 | DISCUSS: Non-interventionist solutions to the Externality problem – Voluntary programs and self-regulation |
| 9 - Apr 14 | DISCUSS: Environmental Policy in the Czech Republic – History and current issues I |
| 10 - Apr 21 | DISCUSS: Environmental Policy in the Czech Republic – History and current issues II |
| 11 - Apr 28 | DISCUSS: Environmental Policy in the EU – History and Current problems |
| 12 - May 5 | DISCUSS: Environmental Policy in the world context – History and Current problems, Renewable Resources |
| 13 - May 12 | Feedback on projects, personal performance, etc. |
| Lecture 1 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 1 |
| Plott, Externalities and Corrective Policies in Experimental Markets | |
| Hardin, The Tragedy of the commons | |
| Do not forget to consult relevant parts of the Schotter's textbook (Chapter 17 - externalities and interventionist solutions)! |
| Lecture 2 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 2 | |
| Lecture 3 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 3 (PLEASE EMAIL TO your instructor BY MARCH 22, MIDNIGHT (your time) |
| 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 |
| IMPORTANT | DEADLINES FOR THE TERM PROJECT: |
| FIRST DRAFT: APRIL 21 (online class time) | |
| POSSIBLE REVISIONS ACCEPTED BY: MAY 5 (online class time) | |
| Please submit your project by April 21 (that’s 4 weeks from now) class time (4pm my time). You will receive my feedback by April 28 . If there are serious problems in your work and your grade is worse than you want to accept, you still have the opportunity to incorporate my comments and revise your project. All revisions have to be delivered to my email by May 5 , class time. Late submissions of the first draft will also be accepted between April 21 and April 28, the authors of the late submission however forfeit the right for submitting a revision. If you have ANY questions about deadlines or extent of the work, or if you need any guidance in the process, please don’t hesitate to contact me. GOOD LUCK! And, I’m looking forward to read your work. |
| Lecture 4 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 4 |
| Coase, The problem of social cost | |
| Hoffman, Spitzer, The Coase Theorem: Some Experimental Tests | |
| Harrison, McKee, Experimental Evaluation of the Coase Theorem |
| Lecture 5 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 5 |
| Potoski, Prakash, Green Clubs and Voluntary Governance: ISO 14001 and Firms’ Regulatory Compliance | |
| Potoski, Prakash, Covenants with Weak Swords: 14001 and Facilities’ Environmental Performance | |
| Prakash, Potoski, Racing to the Bottom? Trade, Environmental Governance, and ISO 14001 |
| Lecture 6 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 6 (due in Apr 21, before the class) |
| REMEMBER that FIRST DRAFT of term PROJECT is DUE this week (before online class begins) | |
| Lecture 8 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 8 |
| Lecture 9 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 9 |
| Kramer, Development of Environmental Policies in the United States and Europe: Convergence or Divergence? | |
| Bodansky, The Paris Climate Change Agreement: A New Hope? |
| Lecture 10 | |
| Worksheet for Lecture 10 |
| Renewable energy deployment in the European Union 2005 to 2015 | |
| Janda, Overview of Czech and German Renewable Energy Policies (MPRA paper) |