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Economics of Environmental and Climate Policy

WI001228Specializing and Interdisciplinary Qualification6 ECTSEnglishwinter semesterProfessur für Governance im internationalen Agribusiness (Prof. Menapace, Joint Appointment der TUM School of Management und TUM School of Life Sciences)
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What it is about

You will learn how environmental and climate policy is evaluated from a welfare economic perspective and which instruments (e.g., taxes, subsidies, emissions trading, regulations) are available for this purpose. In the end you will be able to economically analyze political measures in terms of efficiency, distribution, temporal dimensions, transaction costs, and technological progress, and explain their practical implementation with the help of the New Political Economy.

What you will be able to do

  • Welfare economic evaluation of environmental and climate policy
  • Application of cost-benefit analysis to protection measures
  • Comparison of instruments: regulations, taxes, subsidies, emissions trading
  • Assessment of transaction costs and technological progress
  • Analysis of property rights and liability rules in environmental risks
  • Explanation of practical policy implementation with Public-Choice approaches
  • Application of voter and interest group models as well as game theory to global problems

What the module consists of

  • LectureConveying the theoretical foundations of the analysis of environmental and climate policy; clarifications in plenary

Teaching method

  • LectureExplanation of the theoretical foundations and ensuring a uniform level of knowledge; students are encouraged to read relevant literature

Dates

LectureEconomics of Environmental and Climate Policy (WI001228, englisch)2 groups to choose from

  • AThu10:00–12:00106, Hörsaal 8 (WZWH08) (4108.EG.106)
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  • BWed10:00–12:001-40, Seminarraum 9 (WZWS09) (4102.01.040)
    14× · 14.10.–03.02.
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From the current semester, not binding. You attend one of several groups; the timetable automatically suggests the one with the fewest clashes.

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