Università Roma Tre

The course is divided into two parts. The first part aims to provide the conceptual and theoretical basis for understanding the main topics of environmental economics from the perspective of analyzing the interaction between human activities and the environment and its consequences. Topics such as environmental valuation methods, environmental externalities and the management of public goods will be addressed, providing students with skills in the tools of economic theory used to address these issues, such as command and control and market-based environmental policies. Both static and dynamic environmental sustainability issues will also be addressed. The second part, on the other hand, will focus on specific thematic areas of environmental economics relevant for the application of the tools addressed in the first part of the course: the thematic areas will be discussed in depth with the students during the lectures, recalling the aspects of the first part of the course useful for a more correct analysis of the issues in question. Practical exercises concerning each thematic area will also be proposed during lectures.