Economy, Regulation and Market

General characterization

Prerequisites

None

Bibliography

Field, B., Field, M., (2012), Environmental Economics: an introduction, 6th ed, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., New York. ISBN-10: 007351148X
Santos, R., Antunes, P., (1999), Instrumentos Económicos de Política de Ambiente, in Ambiente, Economia e Sociedade, Série \"Estudos e Documentos\", Conselho Económico e Social, Lx
Stavins, R. (ed.), (2012). Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings, 6th ed. New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, USA. ISBN 978-0-393-91340-8
Tietenberg, T. and Lewis, L. (2011). Environmental & Natural Resource Economics, 9th ed. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc., USA. ISBN-10: 0132843005

Teaching method

The teaching methods are based on the combination of modules oriented to introduce the principles, concepts and tools, using graphical and numerical analysis, and where students are given the script of generic subjects, with modules oriented to promote the discussion of the key aspects and of real case studies. It is also promoted the oral presentation and discussion of papers by the students.
Research and autonomous study are strongly encouraged.

Evaluation method

Students may choose one of two options to perform the evaluation of this course, according to their basic training and research interests:
Option 1: final exam about the whole program;
Option 2: preparation of a work, in the format of a scientific paper, about a topic of the course, envisaging a conference presentation in the research area of the student.

Subject matter

Programs

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