Course

ENV-723: Models for applied environmental economics

Summary

Mainly based on the discussion of peer reviewed academic papers, the course introduces non economists to the main types of applied models used in environmental economic analysis: linear programming, partial and general equilibrium, game theory, and agent based models.

Lectures

Instructor

Frank Vöhringer

Expertise Climate economicsEnvironmental economicsEnergy economicsComputable general equilibrium modeling Teaching & PhD Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Sophie Maire, Takafumi Usui Courses Models for applied environmental economics ENV-723 Mainly based on the discussion of peer reviewed academic papers, the course introduces non economists to the main types of applied models used in environmental economic analysis: linear programming, partial and general equilibrium, game theory, and ag

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/models-for-applied-environmental-economics-ENV-723

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http://go.epfl.ch/ENV-723

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Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Frank Vöhringer

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/models-for-applied-environmental-economics-ENV-723

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/ENV-723

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