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Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy
API 165

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Description

This course applies economic tools to understand the rationale, design, and evaluation of public policies focused on energy and environmental problems. The course examines the efficacy, welfare, and distributional impacts of an array of policy approaches, including carbon pricing, subsidies for energy efficiency and renewable power, cap-and-trade programs for conventional air pollutants, fossil fuel subsidies, clean energy research and development, strategic energy stockpiles, information programs, power and gas market design, and multilateral climate and energy policy governance.

School Harvard Kennedy School
Credits 4
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Department HKS Government
Course Component Lecture
Instruction Mode In Person
Grading Basis HKS Letter Graded
Course Requirements API 101or API 109 and API 201 or API 209
Academic Areas Markets, Business, and Government