Resource Economics 472 - Adv Topics/Envir & Res-Econ

Topics may include: the design of environmental and natural resource policies, particularly incentive-based policies; the analysis and control of environmental risks; cost-benefit analyses of specific environmental policies; critiques of cost-benefit analysis, international environmental cooperation; environmental and natural resource policy in the developing world; sustainability, and the conservation of biodiversity. BS-ResEc majors can satisfy their Integrative Experience requirement by taking this course plus Res-Econ 394LI and 471.

ECON 203 or RES-ECON 202 Students who are unable to enroll in this course because all sections are full can submit a RES-ECON waitlist request. The form can be found here: http://www.umass.edu/resec/academics/undergraduate-program/undergraduate-advising. Once the semester begins, students must contact the instructor to request permission to enroll.