Land Economy

Land Economy
LE5021 - Land and Environmental Economics
Credit Points
15
Course Coordinator
Douglas C MacMillan

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

* Definition and understanding of economic concepts such as supply and demand, costs and revenues, efficiency, WTP and WTA
* Agricultural and land economics
* Market failure and the environment
* Economic decision-making
* Valuing nature from an economic perspective

Structure

One two-hour lecture per week, 3 two-hour seminars and directed reading

Assessment

One two-hour exam (60%) one essay or report (40%)