ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

Année du cours : 1 année(s)

Etablissement : IÉSEG School of Management

Langue : English

Période : S2

Elements of macro and micro economic theory, and basics in mathematics.

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.

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)