Course

ENV-471: Environmental economics

Summary

Starting with demand and supply and how markets work, as well as welfare assessment and social optimisation. Then moving on to the limitations of markets, particularly external effects, and developing instruments to correct these limitations â the instruments of environmental policy.

Lectures

Instructor

Philippe Thalmann

Philippe Thalmann was born in Lausanne in 1963. He graduated in Economics from the University of Lausanne in 1984, where he earned a postgraduate diploma in Economics in 1986. Mr. Thalmann entered the doctoral program in Economics of Harvard University (Cambridge, U.S.A.) in 1986, which he completed with a Ph.D. in 1990. His dissertation is entitled: "Essays in the Economics of Government Revenues and Spending". Returning to Switzerland, he was hired as an assistant professor first at the University of Geneva (teachings in Public Economics), then at the University of Lausanne (teachings in Econometrics and Introductory Economics). Since 1994, Mr. Thalmann is associate professor of Economics as the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne.

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https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/environmental-economics-ENV-471

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http://go.epfl.ch/ENV-471

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Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Philippe Thalmann

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/environmental-economics-ENV-471

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/ENV-471

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Lectures in this course (54)

Supply Dynamics: Understanding Willingness to Accept

Explains the concepts of supply, willingness to accept, and market dynamics, focusing on production costs and elasticity of supply.

Supply Analysis: Elasticity and Wage Adjustments

Covers the calculation of supply elasticity and necessary wage adjustments to increase student labor supply.

Market Equilibrium: Electric Vehicle Demand and Supply Analysis

Covers market equilibrium concepts, focusing on electric vehicle demand and supply dynamics, including the effects of subsidies and the green paradox.

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Market Dynamics: Social Welfare and Economic Models

Examines the interplay between market dynamics and social welfare, highlighting the roles of willingness to pay and willingness to accept in economic models.

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