Environmental Economics

Basics of environmental economics (externalities, public goods, information asymmetries); analysis of local, national and international environmental problems (climate, energy, resources, biodiversity etc.); valuation of environmental goods and services in case of non-existent markets.

  • Knowledge of economic models available in environmental economics (structure, research questions, results)
  • Acquire knowledge of fields of application (such as energy, climate, ressources, transport), namely to research details, recognize, summarize, discuss and contrast different results
  • Develop an understanding of ow to write scientifically (formulate hypothesis, derive arguments, search literature, use of citations, structure of a scientific article, style and format)

For more details we refer to UniGrazOnline.

Literature

  • Perman, Roger, Yue Ma, James McGilvray, and Michael Common (2003), Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, 3rd edition. Longman: Essex.

Head of Institute

Univ.-Prof. Dr.

Michael Finus

Universitätsstraße 15/F4
8010 Graz

Phone:+43 316 380 - 3450

Staff

Bianca Watzke, M.A.

Phone:+43 316 380 - 7113

Irene Hye, M.A.

Phone:+43 316 380 - 3448