Environmental Taxation and Regulation
The economics of policies to address environmental externalities. Specific topics include the theory of public goods and externalities, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of environmental regulations, regulatory instrument choice under uncertainty, environmental policy in an economy with pre-existing tax distortions, monitoring and enforcement of environmental regulations, distributional effects of environmental policy, and regulation of intertemporal externalities.
Topics
- the theory of public goods and externalities
- cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of environmental regulations
- regulatory instrument choice under uncertainty
- environmental policy in an economy with pre-existing tax distortions
- monitoring and enforcement of environmental regulations
- distributional effects of environmental policy
- and regulation of intertemporal externalities
Topics explicitly listed in official catalogue description
Prerequisites & course information
Credit Only Granted for: AREC783 or AREC869W. Formerly: AREC869W. Additional Information: Must have completed a one-year PhD-level sequence in microeconomics (e.g., ECON603 and ECON604 ) and a PhD-level course in econometrics (e.g., AREC623 or ECON623 ).
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027