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ECUE Economie de l'environnement

ECUE's code : IPEENV

Belong to 2 UE
PORTAIL ECONOMIE GESTION
Sciences économiques
Campus Saint Jean d'Angély
Licence 2
Semestre pair
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PRESENTATION

Environmental economics is a disciplinary field of economics that studies the interaction between the economy and the environment. She questions the origin of this interaction and addresses the problem of its proper organization.

 

Human life is synonymous with activities for the provision of food, buildings, heating, transportation, lighting, etc. These activities affect the ability of the environment to provide us with essential services. The symptoms of this situation are damage to ecosystems, well-being, health, life... Social arbitrations are therefore necessary. Environmental economics is anchored in this observation. It aims to guide individual and collective decisions so that the environment is taken into account in economic decision-making processes concerning production, consumption, investment, etc. It is therefore defined as the study of the interdependence of human society and the environment and the best way to govern this interdependence.

 

The objective of this teaching is precisely to offer an introduction to the study of these questions.

 

Note: Environmental economics comes under economic analysis. It therefore uses concepts from microeconomics and macroeconomics. The theoretical economics content of this subject (in particular the use of optimization) should therefore not be underestimated when choosing to engage in it.

Course's manager(s)

Christophe Charlier

In class

  • 20h of lectures

PREREQUISITES

Before the start of the course, I must ...
  • Have completed License 1 Microeconomics courses (study of the “producer” in particular). If this is not the case, I must be able to understand the "marginalist reasoning" and the "total surplus" representation. See on these points in the work "Introduction to microeconomics" by Hal Varian.Voir sur ces points dans l'ouvrage "Introduction à la microéconomie" de Hal Varian.
  • Carry out the self-positioning test: https://lms.univ-cotedazur.fr/mod/quiz/view.php?id=352327

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course, I should be able to...
  • Discover the different areas of specialty of an environmental economist and the major sectors of activity
  • Build an argument for the choice of environmental policies with critical thinking
  • Identify the interactions between economy and environment
  • Learn about the main principles of environmental law
  • Produce a structured and coherent argument in writing
  • Discover the two main approaches developed in economics to deal with environmental issues
  • Use economic analysis methods to address environmental issues
  • Master the economic analysis of choosing pollution levels not to be exceeded using optimization
  • Analyze the different environmental policies
  • Comparing environmental policies in specific pollution contexts
  • Identify the meaning(s) of “sustainable development” for an economist

CONTENT

  • INTRODUCTION

  • Pollution control. Which objective to choose?

  • The main avenues of cost-benefit analysis: how do we assess the damage from pollution?

  • Pollution control: Do we need the State

  • Pollution control: What regulatory instruments?

  • Sustainable development: What does it mean for economists?

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