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ECO 3620. Environmental Economics

Instructor: John Whitehead
e-mail:
whiteheadjc@appstate.edu

Fall 2006 | Calendar

  Date Topic Notes
1 T, 8/22 Introduction Syllabus
2 R, 8/24 Environmental "ethics"  
3 T, 8/29 Micro review with environmental applications Conservation Reconsidered -- Reconsidered, Boot camp?
4 R, 8/31 continued  
5 T, 9/5 Market Failure Micro quiz due
6 R, 9/7 Efficient pollution level  
7 T, 9/12 No instructor today[*.ppt]: Community meetings Project Assignment #1 [due at 2 pm]
8 R, 9/14 Benefit estimation Take home quiz [The "Thanks!" page is due on Tuesday 9/19 at 2 pm; click the "I do not consent to participate. However ..." button on the second page]
9 T, 9/19 continued Theoretical Coase and the Real World
10 R, 9/21 continued  
11 T, 9/26 continued Project Assignment #2 [due at 2 pm]
12 R, 9/28 continued  
13 T, 10/3 Exam #1  
14 R, 10/5 Cost estimation  
15 T, 10/10 continued  
16 R, 10/12 Benefit cost analysis  
17 T, 10/17 continued  
  R, 10/19 Fall Break  
18 T, 10/24 Regulation  
19 R, 10/26 continued  
20 T, 10/31 continued  
21 R, 11/2 continued Pollution TradingProject Assignment #3 [due at 2 pm]
22 T, 11/7 Exam #2  
23 R, 11/9 Nonrenewable natural resources  
24 T, 11/14 Renewable natural resources  
25 R, 11/16    
26 T, 11/21 No class today Research groups (i.e., Learning Communities) physically meet (somewhere, sometime) for a thorough review and planning session. A progress report is due via email before the state holiday. The progress report should include (1) an MS Excel spreadsheet containing all data, (2) an update to the Project Assignment #3 that includes a statement of the final sample size and (3) plans for completion of tasks 5, 6 and 7 (with individual assignments [i.e., who will be doing what])
  R, 11/23 State holiday - no class  
27 T, 11/28 Sustainability  
28 R, 11/30    
29 T, 12/5 Exam #3  
  W, 12/6 Reading Day
  F, 12/8 Friday, December 8, 2006 from 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Final Exam Schedule