Seminar in Environmental Economics |   ENR 3900-02
HyFlex Lecture: TR 8:00am - 9:15am |    Classroom Building 118 & Online
Office Hours: TR 9:30am - 11:00am |   Virtual Office

Virtual Office and Classroom Link Here:
https://uwyo.zoom.us/j/8261068265

CLASS RESOURCES

Syllabus + Due Dates
(See updated due dates on course website below)

Chapter 1 - Slides
”The Role of Economics in Formulating and Implementing Policy”
(Due 1-26-2021)

Chapter 2 - Slides
”The Economic Approach: Property Rights, Externalities, and Environmental Problems”
(Due 1-26-2021)

What’s your best externality?
(Freakonomics blog post 11/23/2009)
(Due 1-28-2021)

How Can Tiny Norway Afford to Buy So Many Teslas? (10/16/2014 podcast)
(Due 1-28-2021)

How Can Tiny Norway Afford to Buy So Many Teslas? Slides (10/16/2014 podcast)
(Due 1-28-2021)

Chapter 3 - Slides
”The Role of Policy Instrument Choice in Efficient Environmental Management”
(Due 2-4-2021)

Gina McCarthy Keynote Address (2018): Environmental Policy and the Assault on Science
(Due 2-4-2021)

Quiz #1 Due 8pm on February 7th

Chapter 4 - Slides
”Evaluating Trade-offs: Benefit-Cost Analysis and Other Decision-Making Metrics”
(Due 2-9-2021)

Simon Levin on Challenges in Theoretical Ecology for the Next Century (17:00 to 27:17)
(December 2019 and due 2-9-2021)

Opt In/Opt Out Organ Donations
(due 2-9-2021)

Benefit-Cost Examples
(due 2-9-2021)

Exam #1 Due 8pm on February 14th

EKC Theory
(due 2-16-2021)

EKC Data
(due 2-16-2021)

Two (Totally Opposite) Ways to Save the Planet
(due 2-16-2021)

Chapter 5 - Slides
”Valuing the Environment: Methods and Examples”
(due 2-16-2021)

Oregon State Recreation Use Value Database
(due 2-16-2021)

Chapter 6 - Slides
”Ecosystem Goods and Services: Nature’s Threatened Bounty”
(due 2-23-2021)

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment - Ecosystem Services (2005) Figure 2.1
(due 2-23-2021)

Jason Shogren on Behavioral Economics
(due 2-25-2021)

Steve Polasky on Valuing Nature and Ecosystem Services
(due 2-25-2021)

Research to Policy Examples
(Ecosystem Services and Policy)
(due 2-25-2021)

Quiz #2 Due 8pm on Sunday February 28th

Chapter 7 - Slides
”Fisheries Policy”
(due 3-2-2021)

NASA Catch Share Programs Around the World
(due 3-2-2021)

Seafood Production Data Visualization
(due 3-2-2021)

Chapter 8 - Slides
”Climate Change I: The Nature of the Challenge”
(due 3-9-2021)

NASA Climate Change Visualization
(due 3-9-2021)

The Sound of Climate Change
(due 3-9-2021)

Climate Change - I
(due 3-9-2021)

Freakonomics - A Sneak Peek at Biden’s Top Economist
(due 3-9-2021)

Exam #2 Due 8pm on Sunday March 14th

Chapter 9 - Slides
”Climate Change II: The Role of Energy Policy”
(due 3-16-2021)

Energy Consumption by Source (US)
(due 3-16-2021)

CAFE Standards
(due 3-16-2021)

The Climate Pledge
(due 3-18-2021)

Chapter 10 - Slides
”Climate Change III: Carbon Pricing”
(due 3-18-2021)

Chapter 11 - Slides
”Climate Change IV: Adaptation”
(due 3-23-2021)

Estimating the Economic Damage of Climate Change in the US
(due 3-23-2021)

States: Winners and Losers
(due 3-23-2021)

Violence and Warm Weather
(due 3-23-2021)

OECD Highlighting Adaptation Projects
(due 3-23-2021)

Netherlands Flood Adaptation
(due 3-23-2021)

Chapter 12 - Slides
”Transportation: Managing Congestion and Local Pollution”
(due 3-25-2021)

NYC Congestion Pricing
(due 3-25-2021)

1 Billion to Save the Ocean
(due 3-30-2021)

Chapter 13 - Slides
”Water: Managing Water Quality for Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans”
(due 4-6-2021)

Oil Spills by Volume
(due 4-6-2021)

Active Water Quality Trading Programs in US
(due 4-6-2021)

Silent Spring Documentary
(due 4-6-2021)

EPA Chemical Regulation
(due 4-6-2021)

See Coyote Gulch Project (pp 31-32)
(due 4-6-2021)

Coyote Gulch Images
(due 4-6-2021)

Pesticides, Environment and Food Safety
(due 4-6-2021)

Consequences of the Clean Water Act and the Demand for Water Quality
(due 4-8-2021)

Water Quality Violations and Avoidance Behavior
(due 4-8-2021)

Explore.org Bear Cam
(due 4-8-2021)

Katmai - Meet Otis
(due 4-8-2021)

Policy Brief Draft #1 Broad Feedback