Environmental Economics and Resource Allocation

Education facts

Code: 1NA020

The course provides a solid basis for an economic analyis and understanding of environmental and resource allocation problems. The course covers definitions and basic concepts, such as sustainability, dynamic resource allocation, market failure, coordination problems, asymmetric information, and government intervention. Based on microeconomics, students become familiar with environmental policy instruments such as taxes, subsidies, pollution markets, ambient and emissions standards, but also nudging and other behavioral economics tools.

Entry requirements

Economics 30 credits, including credits in basic micro- and macroeconomics, and Statistics 15 credits or course credits in time series analysis and regression analysis, and English 6, or the equivalent.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Environmental Economics and Resource Allocation

  Linnaeus University (Kalmar Växjö)

  Start date: 19 January 2026

  End date: 22 February 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %