Sharma, Vijaya Raj

University of Colorado at Denver, Fall 2005

Environmental Economics Econ 4540/5540

Syllabus

Guideline for Graduate Student Term Paper

Examination Schedule

  • Exam 1 on September 26, Monday
  • Exam 2 on November 2, Wednesday
  • Exam 3 on December 12, Monday
  • Relevant Materials for Third Exam
  • Web Notes:
  • Notes I (only the sections on cost effectiveness, equi-marginal principle, and Simple model of pollution control)
  • Notes III (all; however, the sections on Federal water pollution control policies and air pollution control policies are more detailed than we covered in the class)
  • Questions from the Practice Tests:
  • Fall 2001 Exam 2: #1-3, 5-8, 22, 25, 30
  • Fall 2001 Exam 3: #1-3, 7-12, 14-16, 20-28, 30-33
  • Summer 99 Exam 1: #13, 25-29
  • Summer 99 Exam 3: #1, 5-15, 18-30
  • Fall 98 Exam 1: #2, 6, 7
  • Fall 98 Exam 2: #7, 8, 9b
  • Fall 98 Exam 3: #1-9, 11, 13-22, 24-26
  • Readings (You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download some papers)

  • Energy Resources - Cornucopia or Empty Barrel? by Peter McCabe
  • Cost of Fur, Business Week
  • The Economics of Resources or the Resources of Economics, by Robert Solow
  • Economic Assessment of Biodiversity and Protected Species, by Duane Chapman
  • Using Contingent Valuation to Estimate a Neighborhood's Willingness to Pay to Preserve Undeveloped Urban Land, by Breffle, Morey and Lodder
  • Bye, Bye, Bison, by Miller, Benjamin and North
  • Sustainability - An Economist's Perspective, by Robert Solow
  • Measuring Sustainable Development, by Pearce and Atkinson
  • Is Water Different?, by Miller, Benjamin and North
  • Free Market Forestry
  • Conservation through Commerce
  • Reference Articles and Notes

  • Pessimist vs. Optimist Views
  • Click here for the original fur article published in Nature Journal.
  • The Economics of Exhaustible Resources, by Harold Hotelling
  • Linda Seebach's column on Shale Oil
  • Vijaya's paper on Trends of Natural Resource Commodity Prices
  • Web Notes

  • Notes I: Economics Approach, Market Failure, Gov't Failure, Simple Model of Pollution Control
  • Notes II: Benefit-Cost Analysis
  • Notes III: Alternative Pollution Control Approaches and Evaluation
  • Notes IV: Dynamic Efficiency Rule, Efficient Allocation of Surface Water, Sustainability Principles
  • Notes V: Population Problem
  • Notes IV: Renewable Resources
  • Handout on Equimarginal Cost
  • Practice Tests and Exercises

  • Fall 2001 Exam 1
  • Fall 2001 Exam 2
  • Fall 2001 Exam 3
  • Summer 99 Exam 1
  • Summer 99 Exam 2
  • Summer 99 Exam 3
  • Fall 98 Exam 1
  • Fall 98 Exam 2
  • Fall 98 Exam 3
  • Practice Questions on Selected Topics
  • Practice Questions on Renewable Resources