Economics 332: Environmental Economics
Spring 2006

Linked resources:
 Syllabus
Discussion Board


Sections of this webpage:
 Problem Sets Lecture Outlines Exams Links

Professor Hilary Sigman
E-mail: (email address)
Telephone:  (732) 932-7594
Office Hours:  Wednesday, 1-2:30 PM
Office: New Jersey Hall 419

Announcements:

Lecture outlines:

Topic On campus access Off campus access Sakai
I. The economist's approach to the environment Outline I
 Outline I Outline I
II.  Market failures and the env. (Public goods, externalities) Outline II Outline II Outline II
IIIA.  Conventional environmental policies Outline IIIA Outline IIIA Outline IIIA
IIIB.  Taxes and subsidies Outline IIIB Outline IIIB Outline IIIB
IIIC.  Marketable permits  (slightly updated Monday, 2/13)
 Outline IIIC Outline IIIC Outline IIIC
IIID. Legal liability
 Outline IIID Outline IIID Outline IIID
IIIE. Monitoring and enforcement
Outline IIIE Outline IIIE Outline IIIE
IV.  Evaluating environmental policies: Cost-benefit
 Outline IV Outline IV Outline IV
IVD.  Evaluating environmental policies: Incidence


VA. US environmental policy example: Clean Air Act


VB. US environmental policy example: Clean Water Act


VI. Growth, trade, and the environment



VII. Climate change



If you are off campus and using an ISP, use the off campus links and enter username and password given in class or use Sakai, which will prompt for your Rutgers Net ID and password.  Use Sakai if you don't know the username/password from class -- it'll be quicker than emailing me for them...


Problem sets:

On campus access Off campus access
 Sakai
Problem Set 1: Public goods and externalities  (due 2/1 )
 Problem Set 1 Problem Set 1 Problem Set 1
  Answers to PS 1
 Answers to PS 1 Answers to PS 1 Answers to PS 1
Problem Set 2: Designing environmental policies (due 2/15)
 Problem Set 2 Problem Set 2 Problem Set 2
  Answers to PS 2 Answers to PS 2 Answers to PS 2 Answers to PS 2
Problem Set 3: Law and economics of the environment (due 3/8) Problem Set 3 Problem Set 3 Problem Set 3



























Note: Problem sets and solutions are in Portable Document Format (pdf).  To read and print them, download the free reader from Adobe. If you are using a campus lab computer, chances are the program is already installed and will launch automatically when you click on the problem set link.

Exams:


FAS Gradebook. All scores posted here.

Midterm 1:
 
Old midterm exams:     


On campus access
 Off campus access
 Sakai
First midterm
Sample multiple choice questions from Spring 2003
 Spring 03 MT 1
 Spring 03 MT 1 Spring 03 MT 1
  • Solutions to Spring 2003 (with explanations)
 Spring 03 MT 1 solutions
 		Spring 03 MT 1 solutions Spring 03 MT 1 solutions
Spring 2004 exam
 Spring 04 MT 1 Spring 04 MT 1 Spring 04 MT 1
  • Solutions to Spring 2004 first midterm
 Spring 04 MT 1 solutions Spring 04 MT 1 solutions Spring 04 MT 1 solutions
Second midterm Spring 2004 second midterm
 Spring 04 MT 2 Spring 04 MT 2
 		Spring 04 MT 2
  • Solutions to Spring 2004 second midterm
 Spring 04 MT 2 solutions  Spring 04 MT 2 solutions Spring 04 MT 2 solutions
Fall 2004 second midterm
 Fall 04 MT 2 Fall 04 MT 2 Fall 04 MT 2
  • Solutions to Fall 2004 second midterm
 Fall 04 MT 2 solutions
Fall 04 MT 2 solutions Fall 04 MT 2 solutions

Web resources on environmental economics:

General environmental economics information:
  • Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.  Information about the field of environmental economics. Especially useful: a listing of graduate programs in environmental economics.
  • EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics. Information on economic analysis of environmental policy, including a database of cost benefit analyses.
  • Resources for the Future.  A Washington, DC think tank specializing in environmental economics.  They sometimes have research assistant positions for college students and recent graduates.
  • Environmental economics blog.  Interesting bits from the media and some research as well.
    • Background on topics we will cover in class: The local environment: