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B1898 - ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND SUSTAINABILITY

Anno Accademico 2024/2025

                
                        Docente:
                        Riccardo Ghidoni
                    
                        Crediti formativi:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        SECS-P/01
                    
                        Lingua di insegnamento:
                        Inglese
                    
                        Modalità didattica:
                        Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
                        
                            Campus:
                            Forli
                        
                            Corso:
                            Laurea Magistrale in
                            Business Administration and Sustainability (cod. 5944)

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                            Risorse didattiche su Virtuale
                        
                                    Orario delle lezioni
                                
dal 14/02/2025 al 20/03/2025

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The course is centered around the relationship between economic activity and the environment, with particular attention to climate change, sustainability and preservation of natural resources. It will analyze such a relationship through the lens of economics' analytical tools, including, economic modeling, empirical observation, game theory, and behavioral economics. Students will be able to understand the threats to sustainability that emerge as a consequence of economic incentives, and they will learn the policy tools that can be adopted to achieve a sustainable economic system.

Contenuti

The first segment of the course introduces the main economic principles related to environmental problems. We focus on environmental policy-making and the practicalities of this sort of policies, both from the perspective of those implementing the policy, but also from the perspective of those facing new regulations as well as the political aspects involved.

The second segment of the course will focus on understanding the barriers that impede cooperation among economic actors, as well as exploring ways to motivate cooperation for the sake of environmental protection. Additionally, this part will examine how to utilize insights from behavioral economics to encourage individuals to adopt sustainable behaviors.

Testi/Bibliografia

Markets and the Environment, by Nathaniel Keohane and Sheila M. Olmstead (Springer Nature, 2016).
Scientific articles that will be uploaded on Virtuale.

Metodi didattici

Face-to-face lectures
Interactive class activities

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Assessment methods consist of assignments and a final exam. More details will be provided on the detailed syllabus that will be uploaded on Virtuale.

Grading is as following:

<18 fail
18-23 sufficient
24-27 good
28-30 very good
30L excellent

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

On virtuale.unibo.it

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Riccardo Ghidoni