In September 2016, the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability at Columbia University will offer an executive education course, Environmental Economics, to be held in two-hour sessions on Tuesday evenings (September 6, 13, 20, 27, and October 4, 2016). The program will provide an introduction to environmental economics, including basic principles of microeconomics as they apply to environmental issues. Class discussion and case study will be used to illustrate ways economics can guide conservation practice and policy, as well as to review solutions to market failures, such as taxes and subsidies, fees and quotas, and...
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