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This course provides an�introduction�to�the�economic foundations for public decision-making regarding�environmental�quality�and�natural�resources. Emphasis is placed on how basic tools of economic analysis can be used to identify sources of�environmental�problems�and�solutions to�these problems. Topics to be covered include �individual hand� concepts underlying market success, market failure with particular focus on public goods�and�externalities, benefit-cost analysis�and�non-market valuation, incentive-based policies for controlling pollution,�and�economic aspects of renewable�and�non-renewable�resources.�

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