Description: (Same as Public Policy M217.) Seminar, four hours. Preparation: undergraduate-level statistics, basic undergraduate microeconomics. Introduction to applied scholarship in environmental economics and policy. Enables students to become more proficient consumers and producers of social science research that explores questions of environmental policy and sustainability broadly construed. Topics include health and economic impacts of climate change, adaptation to climate change, efficient and equitable design of environmental policies (e.g., cap and trade, carbon taxes). Developmental of detailed empirical research proposal and short presentation. Letter grading.

Units: 4.0