2023-2024 / ECON2295-1

Environmental Economics

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in economics : general (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Barnabé Walheer

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course presents instruments that public entities can used in order to solve environmental issues.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Linked with the following key learning ouctomes  1-2-3-5-6-8-9-11-12

  • Learn to solve a problem set in a small team.
  • Understand an environmental issue and which public policy to implement using a mix of empirical and theoretical arguments.
  • Evaluate an environmental policy on the basis of different criteria.
  • Understand and summarize the main message of a scientific article.
  • Search and analyze an innovative research question.
  • Develop critical skills.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Pre/co-requesites: microeconomics / macroeconomics / econometrics.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures, tutorials and guest lecture.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Additional information:

Face-to-face lectures, online tutorials and a guest lecture.
Students are asked to proactively participate during the lectures, individual meetings, and guest lecture.

Recommended or required readings

Various papers from the literature, news, web sites etc.

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Presentations and final report.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Professor Barnabe Walheer Office: B31 1.47 Email: barnabe.walheer@uliege.be 

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