Environmental Economics
| Numbering Code | U-ECON00 30506 LJ45 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | From 2nd to 4th year students | Target Student | ||
| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Mon.1 | |
| Instructor name | TAKEUCHI Kenji (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | The basic theory of environmental economics and the ideal way of policy will be discussed while paying attention to environmental problems and trends in environmental policy in the real world. The aim of this course is for students to understand the basic idea of the economic approach to environmental problems, and to gain basic knowledge about environmental issues from an economic perspective based on the development history of environmental economics. | |||
| Course Goals | To acquire basic knowledge about the theory of environmental economics and its application to environmental policy. Specifically, to learn the background of environmental problems caused by economic development and the theoretical background of the impact of environmental problems on the economy, and to clearly understand economic approaches to environmental problems. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
(1) April 12: Economics and environment, issues of environmental economics (Morotomi) (2) April 19: Market failure (environmental externalities) (Mori) (3) April 26: Ownership, policy, institution, and environment (Mori) (4) May 10: Poverty/economic growth and environment (Mori) (5) May 17: Globalization and environment (Mori) (6) May 24: Environmental carrying capacity and sustainability (Mori) (7) May 31: Environmental policy goals and means (Morotomi) (8) June 7: Economic analysis of environmental policy (Morotomi) (9) June 14: Renewable energy and electricity system reform (Morotomi) (10) June 21: Renewable energy and regional regeneration (Morotomi) (11) June 28: Economic theory of environmental value (Kuriyama) (12) July 5: Revealed Preference Method (Kuriyama) (13) July 12: Expression Preference Method (Kuriyama) (14) July 19: Environmental evaluation and environmental policy (Kuriyama) (15) August 2: Feedback (Morotomi) |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
Based on the final exam. Evaluated by averaging out the grades from the lectures by the 3 lecturers. |
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| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | It is advisable to read the textbook in advance of the lectures. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | 栗山浩一・馬奈木俊介 『環境経済学をつかむ（第2版）』 (有斐閣) ISBN:464117718X, 諸富徹・浅野耕太・森晶寿 『環境経済学講義－持続可能な発展をめざして』 (有斐閣) ISBN:4641183651 | ||
| References, etc. | 植田和弘 『環境経済学』 (岩波書店) ISBN:4000045768, 諸富徹【編著】 『入門 再生可能エネルギーと電力システム』 (日本評論社) ISBN:978-4535559196, 諸富徹【編著】 『入門 地域付加価値創造分析』 (日本評論社) ISBN:978-4535559202 | |||
