NIFK14003U Incentives and Regulation
MSc Programme in Agricultural Economics
MSc Programme in Agriculture
The central themes of the course are the economic problems caused by market failures (e.g. externalities such as pollution) and the design of policy instruments to address these problems. The main components of the course are:
1) Market failure as the economic problem caused by e.g.
pollution. Here several cases of market failure will be analyzed.
Examples are externalities, common property goods and public goods.
2) The design of policy instruments to alleviate market failure
caused by environmental problems. Here the emphasis will be on
instruments that set incentives to reduce emissions such as taxes,
subsidies, tradable permit schemes and liability rules. Issues
covered are the regulation of point and non-point pollution,
emissions and ambient regulation, optimal regulation under
uncertainty, uniformly and non-uniformly mixed pollutants and the
political economy of instrument choice. Furthermore, in connection
with taxes we will discuss the existence of a double dividend and
under tradable permits the issue of market power and transaction
costs.
3) The design of policy instruments to alleviate other types of
market failure. Here we will draw on examples from other relevant
areas (e.g development economics, industrial organization
etc.).
It is the objective of this course to provide a comprehensive
presentation of the theoretical and methodological aspects of the
economic theory of environmental economics, especially of
environmental policy in order to enable students to evaluate the
economic efficiency of environmental policies.
Knowledge:
- Describe the meaning in Welfare Economics of Economic Efficiency
and Market Imperfections
- Describe the use of Pigouvian Taxes and Quota Regulation
and Regulation.
- Define Damage Cost and Abatement Cost describe the terms in a
Welfare Economics set-up.
- Describe Liabiliby
- Describe Political Economy
Skills:
- Explain the effects of regulating a market
- Analyse externality problems to identify suitable economic
instruments
- Compare effectiveness and efficiency of environmental and other
regulation
Competences:
- Apply economic regulation to environmental and other problems.
- Evaluate the welfare economic consequenses of applying economic
regulation to environmental and other problems
The literature will be announced at Absalon when the course
begins. The literature could as an example consist of the below
mentioned textbooks and on journal articles.
Hanley, N., Shogren, J.F. and White, B.: Environmental Economics in
Theory and Practice, Macmillan Press, 2006.
Baumol, W.J., Oates, W.E.: The Theory of Environmental Policy, 2nd
Edition, 1988.
LOJB10259 Micro Economics
Applied Game Theory or equivalent
LOJF10218 Consumer Economics and Policy
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 4
- Lectures
- 36
- Preparation
- 142
- Theory exercises
- 24
- Total
- 206
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written examination, 4 timer under invigilationFour hours in leture hall
- Exam registration requirements
- 2 mandatory written assignments must be handed in punctually during the course. Assignments must be approved.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
- Re-exam
- If 10 or fewer register for the reexamination the examination form will be oral.
Criteria for exam assesment
See learning outcome
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NIFK14003U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 3
- Schedule
- C (Mon 13-17 + Wednes 8-17)
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Natural Resources and Environment
Contracting department
- Department of Food and Resource Economics
Course responsibles
- Lars Gårn Hansen (3-6e696a426b687471306d7730666d)