Economic activities impact the environment. This course teaches students to think like economists about a wide range of environmental problems, from small, local ones to the biggest one of them all, climate change.
The course is only available to students registered in a degree program and exchange students. It is not open to independent / private candidates.
Admission requirements
You must have completed a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. Recommended prerequisites: Course in Microeconomics.
This course is for degree and exchange students only. You must be enrolled in a degree at OsloMet, or enrolled in a degree at a partner university for Oslo Business School to enroll in this course.
How to apply
International exchange students select courses when applying for exchange.
Application deadline: 15 April.
Content
- basics: externalities, public goods, Pareto efficiency, market failure, optimal pollution
- static pollution (local air pollution)
- environmental regulation with economic instruments (taxes, subsidies, cap-and-trade)
- dynamic pollution (climate change)
- international environmental agreements
- trade in goods and pollution
- green innovation
- green taxes and the double dividend
- behavioral environmental economics
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Course description
For more information about this course, take a look at the course description (student.oslomet.no).
Costs
There is no semester fee for exchange students.
Questions about this course?
You can contact us by email if you have questions about this course.
