This class exists in these courses :
• IÉSEG > IESEG Degree - Programme Grande École > Semester 2 > 2,00 ECTS

Prerequisites

Elements of macro and micro economic theory, and basics in mathematics.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
Have theoretical and empirical tools to understand the link between environment and economic growth
build a bridge between macro and micro economic approaches that deal with environment
be familiarized with new theories and concepts that are emerging around the world.

Course description

Part 1: Issues Related to environment
Chapter 1: Some facts (Energy, climate change)
Chapter 2: Notions of externalities
Part 2: Macroeconomic approaches
Chapter 3: Concepts of economic growth
Chapter 4: Trade and environment
Chapter 5: Climate agreements
Part 3: Microeconomic approaches
Chapter 6: Elements of microeconomics (production function)
Chapter 7: Modelling of pollution-generating technologies
Part 4: Openning
Chapter 8: Unorthodox theorie (collapse, zero growth, circular economy)

Class type

Class structure

Teaching methods

• Presentation
• Project work
• Research

Assessment

MCQ for the final exam
Group Project (home work)

Recommended reading

• D. Weil. 2016. Economic Growth: International Edition. Taylor & Francis. -

• P. Aghion, Howitt, P.W. 2008. The Economics of Growth. MIT Press. -

• S. Smith. 2011. Environmental Economics: A Very Short Introduction. OUP Oxford. -

• K.H. Dakpo, Jeanneaux, P., Latruffe, L. 2017. Modelling pollution-generating technologies in performance benchmarking: Recent developments, limits and future prospects in the nonparametric framework. European Journal of Operational Research. 250(2) 347-35 -