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Environmental and Climate Economics
ECON 2688

Course Information

Description

This class covers the economics of the environment and climate change, with a focus on market-based solutions to externalities, open-access problems, and blended policy responses. The course will include recent advances in how to empirically estimate the benefits and cost of environmental and climate regulation.

Course Notes

Open to Econ/BE/PEG students and to others with permission of the instructor

School Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits 4
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Department Economics
Course Component Lecture
Subject Economics
Grading Basis FAS Letter Graded
Exam/Final Deadline Dec. 17, 2026
General Education N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data N/A
Divisional Distribution Social Sciences
Course Level Primarily for Graduate Students