Risk and Environmental Regulation II

3 credits · Graduate School

Risk and Environmental Regulation II. Analysis of the sources of market failure that create a rationale for risk and environmental regulation. Methodologies pertaining to appropriate valuation and enforcement of these regulatory policies. This course will focus on theoretical economic models of risk and environmental regulation. Among the topics included will be the economics of risk and uncertainty, discounting, and benefit-cost analysis. Prerequisite: ECON 8100, ECON 8300, ECON 8310. [3]