Economics 332: Environmental Economics                                                                      Prof. Sigman
Readings in supplemental text:                                                                                              Fall 2007
Kolstad, Environmental Economics

Topic	Reading
Introduction	pp. 33–41, 61–68
Public goods	pp. 78–85, 90
Externalities	pp. 90–91
The role of property rights	pp. 99–109
Design of environmental policy; Standards	Chapter 8
Taxes and subsidies	pp. 117–128
Tax and subsidy example: Municipal solid waste
Marketable permits	pp. 178–187
Marketable permit example: SO2 allowances
Legal liability	pp. 229–234
Liability example: Superfund
Monitoring and enforcement	pp. 202–206
Cost-benefit comparisons	pp. 68–74
Measuring benefits of environmental policy	pp. 289–298, 330, 344–346, 355–364
Measuring costs of environmental policy	pp. 22–24
Incidence of environmental policies
Clean Air Act
Growth and the environment	pp. 245–249, 277–280
International trade and the environment
Climate change