ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-M1S2-IBE-MA-EE87UE
Language of instruction
English
Teaching content
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
H.DAKPO
Stakeholder(s)
H.DAKPO
Level
Master
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
Elements of macro and micro economic theory, and basics in mathematics.
Goal
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
Have theoretical and empirical tools to understand the link between environment and economic growth
build a bridge between macro and micro economic approaches that deal with environment
be familiarized with new theories and concepts that are emerging around the world.
Presentation
Part 1: Issues Related to environment
Chapter 1: Some facts (Energy, climate change)
Chapter 2: Notions of externalities
Part 2: Macroeconomic approaches
Chapter 3: Concepts of economic growth
Chapter 4: Trade and environment
Chapter 5: Climate agreements
Part 3: Microeconomic approaches
Chapter 6: Elements of microeconomics (production function)
Chapter 7: Modelling of pollution-generating technologies
Part 4: Openning
Chapter 8: Unorthodox theorie (collapse, zero growth, circular economy)

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Présentiel
Cours magistral 16,00
Autoformation
Lecture du manuel de référence 6,00
Recherche 8,00
Travail personnel
Group Project 12,00
Charge de travail personnel indicative 8,00
Overall student workload 50,00
Evaluation
MCQ for the final exam
Group Project (home work)
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Examen (final)
Examen écrit 1,00 1 40,00
Autres
Projet Collectif 0,00 1 35,00
Contrôle continu
Participation 0,00 4 15,00
TOTAL 90,00

Ressources

Bibliography
D. Weil. 2016. Economic Growth: International Edition. Taylor & Francis. -
P. Aghion, Howitt, P.W. 2008. The Economics of Growth. MIT Press. -
S. Smith. 2011. Environmental Economics: A Very Short Introduction. OUP Oxford. -
K.H. Dakpo, Jeanneaux, P., Latruffe, L. 2017. Modelling pollution-generating technologies in performance benchmarking: Recent developments, limits and future prospects in the nonparametric framework. European Journal of Operational Research. 250(2) 347-35 -