Environmental Economics - ECON4306


	Faculty: Australian School of Business
	School: School of Economics
	Course Outline: ECON4306 Course Outline
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Corequisite: ECON4100
	Equivalent: ECON6306
	Fee Band: (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course considers the main elements of environmental economics and cost benefit analysis as it relates to the assessment of environmental issues. Topics include: pollution and pollution policy; environmental cost-benefit analysis and economic methods for measuring costs and benefits; species extinction and irreversibility; environmental ethics and discounting; the environment and developing countries; and the sustainable economy.