As the semester progresses, a link to each lecture will be added to this page.  The link will include a summary of the main points from that day's lecture.

Lecture #1 -- 1/12/09 -- What is Environmental Economics?

Lecture #2 -- 1/14/09 -- Scarcity: The Key Question in Economics

Tools of Economic Analysis

Lecture #3 -- 1/21/09 -- Market Failures

Lecture #4 -- 1/26/09 -- Modeling Pollution

Government Intervention in Environmental Policy

Lecture #5 -- 1/28/09 -- The Coase Theorem

Lecture #6 -- 2/2/09 -- Command and Control Policies for the Environment

Lecture #7 -- 2/4/09 -- Emissions Fees

Lecture #8 -- 2/9/09 -- Emissions Fees

Lecture #9 -- 2/11/09 -- Transferable Discharge Permits

Lecture #10 -- 2/16/09 -- Transferable Discharge Permits

Lecture #11 -- 2/18/09 -- Permits/Dealing With Risk

Lecture #12 -- 2/23/09 -- Toxins

Lecture #13 -- 2/25/09 -- Voluntary Environmental Compliance

Lecture #14 -- 3/2/09 -- CBO Case: Environmental Federalism

Valuing Environmental Benefits and Costs

Lecture #15 -- 3/4/09 -- Valuing Environmental Benefits: Revealed Preference Approaches

Lecture #16 -- 3/16/09 -- Valuing Environmental Benefits: Stated Preference Approaches

Lecture #17 -- 3/18/09 -- Benefit-Cost Analysis

Lecture #18 -- 3/23/09 -- Benefit-Cost Analysis

The Environment in Developing Countries

Lecture #19 -- 3/25/09 -- Growth and the Environment

Lecture #20 -- 3/30/09 -- Discussion: The Environment in Developing Countries

Lecture #21 -- 4/1/09 -- Sustainable Development

International Issues

Lecture #22 -- 4/6/09 -- Sustainable Development/International Agreements

Lecture #23 -- 4/8/09 -- Climate Change

Energy and the Environment

Lecture #24 -- 4/15/09 -- Exhaustible Resources

Lecture #25 -- 4/20/09 -- Alternative Energy Technologies

Lecture #26 -- 4/22/09 -- Alternative Energy Technologies

Political Economy

Lecture #27-- 4/27/09 -- The Political Economy of Environmental Policy