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Economics C3: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy

Economics C3: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy (Fall 2010, UC Berkeley). Taught by Professor Peter Berck, this course introduces microeconomics with emphasis on resource, agricultural, and environmental issues. This course offers an opportunity to explore aspects of economic and political institutions that affect the development and management of natural resources and the environment. It is also known as Environmental Economics and Policy C1 (EEP C1).

Lecture 01 - Supply and Demand
Lecture 02 - Taxes
Lecture 03 - Taxes, Markets and Market Failure
Lecture 06 - Budget, Preferences
Lecture 07 - Properties of Preference, Indifference, Demand
Lecture 08 - Consumer Surplus
Lecture 09 - Consumer Surplus
Lecture 10 - Review
Lecture 11 - Revealed Preference Methods
Lecture 12 - Revealed Preference, Stated Preference
Lecture 13 - Techniques, Isoquants and Cost Curves
Lecture 14 - Pollution Control, Costs - Where S(P) Comes From
Lecture 15 - Costs, Profits, Shutdown, and Long-Run
Lecture 16 - Profits, Shutdown, and Long-Run
Lecture 17 - Review
Lecture 19 - The Welfare Theorem & the Environment
Lecture 20 - Trading and Efficiency
Lecture 21 - Trading and Efficiency
Lecture 22 - Market Interest Rates
Lecture 23 - Government Policies for Environmental Protection
Lecture 24 - Cheating and Bad Government
Lecture 25 - Review
Lecture 26 - Review

References
Environmental Economics and Policy 1/ Economics 3
Instructor: Peter Berck, SJ Hall Professor. Problem Sets. Lectures. 1 - Supply and Demand. 2 - Energy Administration Website. 3 - Elasticity. ...