Natural Resource Economics

Fall 2015

Week

Topic

#1 - August 24

The Resource Paradox

#2 - August 31

The Economic Approach

#3 - September 8

Evaluating Trade-Offs

#4 - September 14

Valuing the Environment

Homework 1

Homework 1 Answers

#5 - September 21

Dynamic Efficiency and Sustainable Development                

#6 - September 28

Depletable Resource Allocation

#7 - October 5

Population

Exam 1 Key

#8 - October 12

Oil Resources, natural gas, OPEC and cartel behavior, climate change.

#9 - October 19

Homework 2

Homework 3

#10 - October 26

Recyclable Resources

#11 - November 2

Water

#12 - November 9

Land

#13 - November 16

Agriculture and Food

         November 23

Fall Break and Thanksgiving

#14 - November 30

Forests

#15 - December 7

Fish