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3438E. Climate Economics

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ARE 1150 or ECON 1201 or ECON 1200.

Grading Basis: Graded

Analysis of the interactive relationship between the economy and climate change. Use of principles and tools of economics to focus on the costs of changes in the severity and frequency of weather events, how these costs are influenced by markets and policies, and how costs and benefits are distributed across populations within the U.S and across the globe in the short and long terms. Examination of household, firm-level, national and international decision-making as influenced by climate change, taking into account uncertainty, diverging interests, external costs, and evaluation of models used to alternative scenarios.


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Term Campus Instruction Mode Instructor Section Session Schedule Location Enrollment Notes
Fall 2024 Storrs In Person Tanaka, Shinsuke 001 Reg MoWe 11:15am‑12:30pm
AUST 202 18/40