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Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Moritz Alexander Drupp
Veranstaltungsart:
Seminar
Anzeige im Stundenplan:
Semesterwochenstunden:
2
Credits:
6,0
Unterrichtssprache:
Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl:
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Anmeldegruppe: Profilbildungsseminar
Kommentare/ Inhalte:
The seminar deals with different facets of the economics of climate change, one of the key societal challenges for the years and decades to come. Key questions that will be addressed in the seminar include:
• What are the impacts of climate change on humans and the environment?
• What are the economic costs of climate change?
• How can we adapt to climate change?
• How can climate change be mitigated, and at which cost?
• How much climate protection should we do from a societal perspective? Which economic analysis tools are there to answer this question, and how robust are their conclusions?
• Which policy instruments are suitable for implementing climate change mitigation?
• What are the chances of an effective international agreement on climate policy?
The literature is based on pertinent research articles. Accordingly, a good command of English as well as previous knowledge of microeconomics and econometrics are required.
Vorgehen:
We present the seminar topic and the potential topics for seminar papers in the introductory session (22.10.2021). Distribution of topics will follow via e-mail. Students then study the relevant literature and develop an expose for the seminar paper on this basis. This will be discussed and refined in the second session (19.11.2021). On the basis of this feedback, the students complete the term paper. The deadline for the term paper is December 22, 2021 (23:59). In addition, the students prepare a short co-presentation on another seminar paper. At the block meetings (14./15.01.2022), the students finally present their seminar papers and hold their co- presentations.
Due to the Corona-Virus we are not yet sure which restrictions will be in place throughout the winter semester. We plan our seminar in person, but will shift to online via ZOOM depending on the pandemic situation. In that case, there will be no recording of lectures, but we will make all slides available after the meeting in due time on STINE. Online office hour meetings (also via ZOOM) can be booked via e-mail.
Literatur:
Students will receive a detailed literature list.
For general preparation, the following references are suggested:
- IPCC (2014). Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [core writing team, r.k. pachauri and l.a. meyer (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 151 pp. http://ar5-syr.ipcc.ch/ipcc/ipcc/resources/pdf/IPCC_SynthesisReport.pdf
- Heal, G. (2017). The Economics of the Climate. Journal of Economic Literature, 55(3), 1046-63.
- Nordhaus, W. (2019). Climate change: The ultimate challenge for Economics. American Economic Review, 109(6), 1991-2014.
- Stern, N. (2008). The Economics of Climate Change. American Economic Review, 98(2), 1-37.
Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen:
The relative grading share is as follows:
Seminar paper (50%); presentations and discussions in the seminar (50%).
The deadline for submitting the term paper is December 22, 2021 (23:59).
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