Analisi economico-ambientale
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The course is aimed at the acquisition of the fundamental elements for the analysis and economic evaluation of environmental transformations, with particular reference to the cost-benefit analysis, and for the application of tools for enhancing environmental and landscape resources.
Expected learning outcomes
With this teaching the student:
· knows and understands the economic mechanisms that determine the impacts on the environment and the landscape;
· acquires the ability to apply assessment tools useful for making rational choices;
· acquires the critical evaluation and judgment skills necessary to draw up written reports.
· knows and understands the economic mechanisms that determine the impacts on the environment and the landscape;
· acquires the ability to apply assessment tools useful for making rational choices;
· acquires the critical evaluation and judgment skills necessary to draw up written reports.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
CFU n.1. The production system extended to exchanges with the environment. Comparison between the linear economic production system and the circular economic system. The role of natural resources in the economic system.
CFU n.2. Market goods and public goods. Environmental goods and resource allocation. Market failure. Property rights. Concept of externality.
CFU n.3. Economic analysis of environmental externalities. Coase theorem. The "polluter pays" principle. Analysis of economic and non-economic instruments for controlling externalities.
In-depth analysis: Environmental externalities in agriculture and effects on natural resources (soil and water)
CFU n.4. Economic analysis of natural resources. Interpretative models of the use of renewable and non-renewable resources.
Deepening: Natural resources, economic development and the "resource curse".
CFU n.5. The value of the environment. Monetary and non-monetary valuations. Willingness to pay. Total economic value.
In-depth analysis: Experimental methods for evaluating non-market goods.
CFU n.6. Economic analysis of investments with inclusion of environmental effects. Cost-benefit analysis. Environmental costs and benefits. Evaluation criteria.
In-depth analysis: simulation of a case of cost-benefit analysis.
CFU n.2. Market goods and public goods. Environmental goods and resource allocation. Market failure. Property rights. Concept of externality.
CFU n.3. Economic analysis of environmental externalities. Coase theorem. The "polluter pays" principle. Analysis of economic and non-economic instruments for controlling externalities.
In-depth analysis: Environmental externalities in agriculture and effects on natural resources (soil and water)
CFU n.4. Economic analysis of natural resources. Interpretative models of the use of renewable and non-renewable resources.
Deepening: Natural resources, economic development and the "resource curse".
CFU n.5. The value of the environment. Monetary and non-monetary valuations. Willingness to pay. Total economic value.
In-depth analysis: Experimental methods for evaluating non-market goods.
CFU n.6. Economic analysis of investments with inclusion of environmental effects. Cost-benefit analysis. Environmental costs and benefits. Evaluation criteria.
In-depth analysis: simulation of a case of cost-benefit analysis.
Prerequisites for admission
Microeconomics knowledge is required.
Teaching methods
The teaching is divided into lessons (5 ECTS) and exercises (1 ECTS). The exercises are aimed at the practical application of case studies.
The teaching material is deposited on the Ariel platform (slides, case studies, in-depth articles).
Attendance is not mandatory but strongly recommended.
The teaching material is deposited on the Ariel platform (slides, case studies, in-depth articles).
Attendance is not mandatory but strongly recommended.
Teaching Resources
Recommended Texts:
· R.K. Turner, D.W. Pearce, I. Bateman, Environmental Economics: An Elementary Introduction, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr. The text will be a reference for the most theoretical part of the teaching
· Slides presented to the course
· Handouts and documents distributed during teaching. This material will mainly be an aid for the analysis of case studies.
· R.K. Turner, D.W. Pearce, I. Bateman, Environmental Economics: An Elementary Introduction, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr. The text will be a reference for the most theoretical part of the teaching
· Slides presented to the course
· Handouts and documents distributed during teaching. This material will mainly be an aid for the analysis of case studies.
Assessment methods and Criteria
A written test is scheduled at the end of the course.
The test consists of a written report in which the student exposes the application of a technique acquired during teaching and provides a critical evaluation of the results.
The expected duration of the test is one hour.
Evaluation criteria are the ability to frame in rational terms a problem that affects the management of natural resources, the clarity of display, properties of language, the accuracy of the analysis.
The test consists of a written report in which the student exposes the application of a technique acquired during teaching and provides a critical evaluation of the results.
The expected duration of the test is one hour.
Evaluation criteria are the ability to frame in rational terms a problem that affects the management of natural resources, the clarity of display, properties of language, the accuracy of the analysis.
AGR/01 - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL APPRAISAL - University credits: 6
Lessons: 48 hours
Professor:
Sali Guido
Professor(s)
Reception:
by appointment
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