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Fall 2016

An Introduction to Economics with Environmental Applications

Listed in: Economics, as ECON-111E  |  Environmental Studies, as ENST-230

Formerly listed as: ECON-11  |  ECON-111  |  ECON-113  |  ENST-23  |  ENST-230

Faculty

Katharine R. E. Sims (Section 01)

Description

(Offered as ECON 111E and ENST 230.) A study of the central problem of scarcity and of the ways in which micro and macro economic systems allocate scarce resources among competing ends and apportion goods produced among people.  Covers the same material as ECON 111 but with special attention to the relationship between economic activity and environmental problems and to the application of micro and macroeconomic theory tools to analyze environmental issues. A student may not receive credit for both ECON 111 and ECON 111E. 

Requisite: Consent of instructor.  Two 80-minute and one 50-minute lecture/discussion per week.  Limited to 25 Amherst College students.  Fall semester. Professor Sims.

If Overenrolled: Drop students who do not attend the first two classes and admit students from a waiting list.

Keywords

Quantitative Reasoning

Offerings

2021-22: Offered in Fall 2021, Spring 2022
Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021