14.43J/15.031J Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies (Spring 2012, MIT OCW) | Economics

14.43J - Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies

14.43J/15.031J Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies (Spring 2012, MIT OCW). Instructor: Professor Richard Schmalensee. This course examines the choices and constraints regarding sources and uses of energy by households, firms, and governments through a number of frameworks to describe and explain behavior at various levels of aggregation. Examples include a wide range of countries, scope, settings, and analytical approaches. (from ocw.mit.edu)

Introduction

Lecture 01 - This Course and The U.S. Energy System

Lecture 02 - Comparative Energy Systems

Lecture 03 - U.S. Energy Problems

Lecture 04 - The Market and The State

Lecture 05 - Path Dependence in Energy Systems

Lecture 06 - Climate Science and Policy

Lecture 07

Lecture 08 - Economics of Energy Demand

Lecture 09 - Energy Use by Individuals and Households

Lecture 10 - Normative Frameworks for Business Decisions

Lecture 11 - Business Decisions in Reality: CHP at Hexion

Lecture 12 - Organizational Decision-Making: Biodiesel at MIT

Lecture 13 - Developing Profitable Strategies

Lecture 14 - Innovation and Energy Business Models

Lecture 15 - Non-Renewable Energy Resources

Lecture 16 - Shale: Opportunities & Challenges

Lecture 17 - (Yesterday's &) Today's Electric Power System

Lecture 18 - Tomorrow's Electric Power System

Lecture 19 - Making Public Policy

Lecture 20 - Social Movements

Lecture 21 - U.S. Environment Policy

Lecture 22 - Economic Development & Green Growth

References

14.43J/15.031J Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies
Instructor: Prof. Richard Schmalensee. Lecture Notes. This course examines the choices and constraints regarding sources and uses of energy by households, firms, and governments.