Spring 2026
- As the semester progresses, a link to each lecture will be added to this page. The link will include a summary of the main points from that day’s lecture.
Introduction
Lecture #1 — 1/12/2026 — What is Environmental Economics?
Tools of Economic Analysis
Lecture #2 — 1/14/2026 — Market Failures
Lecture #3 — 1/21/2026 — Modeling Pollution
Government Intervention in Environmental Policy
Lecture #4 — 1/26/2026 — The Coase Theorem
solution to MAC with MD example
Lecture #5 — 1/28/2026 — Command and Control Policies
Lecture #6 — 2/2/2026 — Taxes & Subsidies
Lecture #7 — 2/4/2026 — Emission Fees
Lecture #8 — 2/9/2026 — Transferable Discharge Permits
Permit Trading example spreadsheet
Lecture #9 — 2/11/2026 — Permit Trading Examples
Permit trading slides for class
Lecture #10 — 2/16/2026 — Policy Instrument Choice: Theory
Lecture #11 — 2/18/2026 — Policy Instrument Choice: Water
Lecture #12 — 2/23/2026 — Environmental Federalism
Lecture #13 — 2/25/2026 — Behavioral Economics and Energy Efficiency
Lecture #14 — 3/2/2026 — Behavioral Economics and Energy Efficiency/Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy
Lecture #15 — 3/4/2026 — Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy
Valuing Environmental Benefits and Costs
Lecture #16 — 3/16/2026 — Valuing Environmental Benefits: Revealed Preference Approaches
Lecture #17 — 3/18/2026 — Valuing Environmental Benefits: Stated Preference Approaches
Lecture #18 — 3/23/2026 — Estimating Benefits & Costs of Environmental Policy
Lecture #19 — 3/25/2026 — Benefit-Cost Analysis
Lecture #20 — 3/30/2026 — Benefit-Cost Analysis
Energy Resources
Lecture #21 — 4/1/2026 — Energy Resources
Lecture #22 — 4/6/2026 — Electricity Markets
Lecture #23 — 4/8/2026 — Energy Technology Policy
Energy Technology Policy slides
The Environment in Developing and Emerging Countries
Lecture #24 — 4/13/2026 — Growth and the Environment
Lecture #25 — 4/15/2026 — Environmental Issues in Developing and Emerging Economies