The material for the course (lecture slides and tutorial instructions) can be found here. Data, codes, and solutions for the tutorials are available upon request.

The course lasts six weeks and is organized as follows:

• Session 1: The economic approach to the environment

• Session 2: Determining regulation targets

• Session 3: The Social Planner, States, and Governments

• Session 4: Environmental policies: Instruments

• Session 5: Environmental policies: Public support

• Session 6: Environmental policies: Trade, firms, and technologies

The course is shared with my colleague Jantsje Mol. The material for my part of the course (lecture slides and tutorial instructions) can be found here.

This part of the course lasts three weeks and is organized as follows:

• Week 1: Introduction to climate economics

  1. Introduction to climate change;

  2. Climate change in economic models.

• Week 2: Instrument choice for climate policies

  1. Instrument choice: equity;

  2. Instrument choice: efficiency.

• Week 3: Climate policies beyond Homo Economicus

  1. Instrument choice: behavioral policies;

  2. Instrument choice: public support.

The course is shared with my colleague Dirk Veestraeten. The material for my part of the course (lecture slides and tutorial instructions) can be found here. Solutions for the tutorials are available upon request.

This part of the course lasts three weeks and is organized as follows:

• Session 1: Introduction to international trade

• Session 2: International trade and inequalities

• Session 3: International trade and the environment