| CODE | EST5370 | |||||||||
| TITLE | European Union Environmental Economics | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | European Studies | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit deals with the basic theories of the economics of the environment which are then applied to EU environmental policy. Reading List THE FOLLOWING TEXTS ARE RECOMMENDED • FIELD AND FIELD, 2008, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, MCGRAW-HILL/IRWIN; 5 EDITION • HANLEY, SHOGREN AND WHITE, 2007, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS: IN THEORY & PRACTICE, SECOND EDITION (PAPERBACK) PALGRAVE MACMILLAN; 2 EDITION, 2007 • KOLSTAD C, 1999, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, USA • PEARCE AND TURNER, ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT, HARVESTER WHEATSHEAF, LONDON 1990 • STAVINS, 2005 ECONOMICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT: SELECTED READINGS, FIFTH EDITION W. W. NORTON & COMPANY • STEINER, MARTONAKOVA, GUZIOVA, 2003, UNDP ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE SOURCEBOOK • TIETENBERG, LEWIS, 2008, ENVIRONMENTAL & NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS (8TH EDITION) (ADDISON-WESLEY SERIES IN ECONOMICS • TURNER, PEARCE AND BATEMAN, 1993, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, HARVESTER WHEATSHEAF, LONDON • VARIAN, 2007 INTERMEDIATE MICRO ECONOMICS: A MODERN APPROACH, W. W. NORTON & COMPANY THE FOLLOWING SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS ARE RECOMMENDED (*PROVIDED) • ALDERSGATE GROUP 2008, GREEN FOUNDATIONS 2009 THE PATH TO A VIBRANT ECONOMY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND SUSTAINABLE PROSPERITY • BAUMAL AND OATS (1988), THE THEORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, SECOND EDITION, CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CHAPTER 17 • BEGG ET AL EDS (1993), MAKING SENSE OF SUBSIDIARITY: HOW MUCH CENTRALISATION FOR EUROPE? MONITORING EUROPEAN INTEGRATION 4, A CEPR ANNUAL REPORT. LONDON: CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC POLICY RESEARCH. • *BLACKHURST R. AND SUBRAMANIAN A. 1994, PROMOTING MULTILATERAL CO-OPERATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT, IN THE GREENING OF WORLD TRADE ISSUES, ANDERSON K AND BLACKHURST R, HARVESTER WHEATSHEAF • *BOCKSTAEL N ET AL, 1992 TIME AND THE RECREATIONAL DEMAND MODEL, IN MARKANDYA AND RICHARDSON, EARTHSCAN READER • *BRIGUGLIO M. 1994, WHAT ON EARTH IS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS? PUBLISHED IN THE SUNDAY TIMES OF MALTA. • *CROPPER AND OATES, “ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS: A SURVEY”, JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE VOL. XXX 1992 • DANISH ECOLOGICAL COUNCIL 2003, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED USING ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS http://www.czp.cuni.cz/ekoreforma/EDR/DEC-Global_Environmental_Problems.PDF • *DASGUPTA P. 1990, “THE ENVIRONMENT AS A COMMODITY”, IN OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY VOL 6 NR 1 • *DHARMARATNE G AND BRATHWAITE A. E. 1994, ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF COASTLINE, UNIVERSITY OF WEST INDIES BARBADOS • *GASTSIOS, KONSTANTINE AND SEABRIGHT (1989), REGULATION IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY, VOL 5, NR 2, PP 37-60 • *GREEN BUDGET GERMANY 2002, ECOLOGICAL TAX FIVE QUESTIONS FIVE ANSWERS FEDERAL ENVIORNMENT AGENCY • *HAHN 1989, ECONOMIC PRESCRIPTIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS: HOW THE PATIENT FOLLOWED THE DOCTOR’S ORDERS JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES 95. • HANLEY AND SPASH 1993, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, EDWARD ELGAR, ALDERSHOT • HARDIN, 1968 THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS PUBLISHED IN SCIENCE, DECEMBER 13 • *MALTA EU INFORMATION CENTRE, 2002, LENGTHY TALKS ON MATLA’S ENVIRONMENT DRAW TO A CLOSE AGGORNAT ED 14 • *MILBORROW D. 1996 PRICING POLLUTION IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET, IN WIND POWER MONTHLY. • NETWORK OF THE HEADS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES, 2005 THE CONTRIBUTION OF GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTISE TO COMPETITIVENESS, PRAGUE. • *O’NEILL R., KAHN J., 1998 ECONOMICS AND ECOLOGY: THE NEED FOR A DÉTENTE IN CONSERVATION ECOLOGY in http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol2/iss1/art4/ • SIMM I. 2008 WHEN IT COMES TO THE CRUNCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE VOL 10 NR 1 • *SMITH STEPHEN 1992, TAXATION A AND THE ENVIRNMENT A SURVEY, IN FISCAL STUIES VOL 13 NR 4 • *TENNANT, T. THE GROWTH IN ENVIRONMETALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT – EXTRACT • *TIETENBERG T., 1990, ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY VOL 6 NR 1 • *VAN DER VEEN GREET, 2004 CONCLUSIONS OF THE ETAP WORKING CONFERENCE “FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS” AMSTARDAM. • *VELJANOVSKI 1983, THE MARKET FOR REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT IN ECONOMIC JOURNAL CONFERENCE PAPERS • *VROM 2004, ENVIRONMENT AS AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, KNOWLEDGE DOCUMENT INFORMAL ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL, DUTCH EU PRESIDENCY • WORLD BANK 1994, DOSE-RESPONSE FUNCTIONS AND THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION, THE WORLD BANK DISSEMINATION NOTES ENVIRONMENT • *WORLD BANK 1994, FORESTRY VALUES MUCH MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE, THE WORLD BANK DISSEMINATION NOTES ENVIRONMENT • WORLD BANK 1994, GLOBAL WARMING MEASURING THE COSTS, THE WORLD BANK DISSEMINATION NOTES ENVIRONMENT. • WORLD BANK 1994, THE ECONOMIC TOLL OF POLLUTION’S EFFECT ON HEALTH, THE WORLD BANK DISSEMINATION NOTES ENVIRONMENT • WORLD BANK 1994, WHAT ARE WETLANDS WORTH, THE WORLD BANK DISSEMINATION NOTES ENVIRONMENT. THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES MAY BE USEFUL • HTTP://WWW.ENV-ECON.NET • HTTP://COMMONTRAGEDIES.WORDPRESS.COM/ • HTTP://FORESTPOLICY.TYPEPAD.COM/ECOECON/ • HTTP://ECOLOGICALECON.BLOGSPOT.COM/ • HTTP://ECONOMISTSVIEW.TYPEPAD.COM/ECONOMISTSVIEW/ENVIRONMENT/INDEX.HTML • HTTP://WWW.ENVIROVALUATION.ORG/ • HTTP://GLOBALISATION-AND-THE-ENVIRONMENT.BLOGSPOT.COM/ • HTTP://ENVIROECON.WORDPRESS.COM/ • HTTP://WWW.GREENOMICS.BLOGSPOT.COM/ • HTTP://COMMONSBLOG.ORG/FREE_READING.PHP • HTTP://WWW.FUTUREOFBUSINESS.INFO/ • HTTP://WWW.AERE.ORG/ • HTTP://WWW.EAERE.ORG/ • HTTP://WWW.ENN.COM/ • HTTP://NOEP.MBARI.ORG/NONMARKET/ • HTTP://WWW.RFF.ORG/PAGES/DEFAULT.ASPX • HTTP://EUROPA.EU.INT/COMM/ENVIRONMENT • HTTP://WWW.ECO-TAX.INFO/EN/ • HTTP://WWW.MEPA.ORG.MT • HTTP://WWW.EEA.EUROPA.EU/ |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite: Students who do not have an economics background must successfully complete the supplementary study-unit EST1033. Failure in submitting the Seminar Paper or an unjustified absence in the Examination will result in an overall fail. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Seminar | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Marie Briguglio (Co-ord.) Jonathan Spiteri |
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