Econ 435 Schedule as of Monday 23 Jan 2006

							Econ 435 Schedule as of Weds April 12 2006
You are responsible for consulting the current version of this document at:
www.iser.uaa.alaska.edu/iser/people/colt/econ435_s06/syllabus.htm

class date           Topic                                   Readings and Homework

       Mon 16 Jan    [no class Civil Rights Day]

  1    Wed18 Jan     Intro: The UAA “parking problem”
                                                             Assignment 1
  2    Mon 23 Jan    Key themes in resource economics
                                                             Ward chap 1,2
  3    Wed 25 Jan    Supply and demand for resources         Ward 3: 35-53
  4    Mon 30 Jan    Economic efficiency                     Ward 3: rest of chapter
                     Common property experiment (For         Assignment 2
  5    Wed 1 Feb
                     pay you will have to stay until 8:45)   Ward 4
                                                             Assignment 3
  6    Mon 6 Feb     Canceled - ICE
                                                             Ward 12
  7    Wed 8 Feb     Canceled - ICE
                     Review – Commons, with intro to AK See next block -
  8    Mon 13 Feb
                     fisheries as application
                                                             Assignment 4
  9    Mon 13 Feb    Discounting: Technique                  Ward 5: 92-108
                                                             Ward 6
                     Special Talk by Gunnar Knapp on the
  10   Mon 20 Feb
                     Great Fish Price Fixing Lawsuit
                                                             Assignment 5
  11   Mon 20 Feb    Gunnar’s Talk continued
                                                             Reading TBA
                     Minerals - Alaska minerals leasing      Assignment 6
  12   Mon 27 Feb
                     Special Guest Bob Loeffler              Reading TBA
                                                             Assignment 7
  13   Mon 6 Mar     Water
                                                             Ward 10
  14   Mon 6 Mar     Forests                                 Ward 8
                                                             Assignment 8 (= review)
  15   Mon 13Mar     Review/Catchup

  16   Mon 13 Mar    Midterm
       Mon 20 Mar    [no class - spring break]
                     Special Class: Jared Diamond            Freebie
17-18 Mon 27 Mar
                     speaks in Wendy Williamson 7 pm
                                                             Assignment 9
  19   Mon 3 Apr     Environmental Valuation: Overview
                                                             Ward 7, pp 150-176
                                                             1) ISER Kenai River Sportfish
                                                             Analysis (hard copy): Chap VI,
                     Valuation: hedonic pricing and travel
  20   Mon 3 Apr                                             pages 1-16; (exec summ is
                     cost
                                                             optional)
                                                             OR, if you didn’t get the above,
                                                            1a)
                                                            ISER sportfish study
                                                            Read pp 2-1, 2-11 through 2-13,
                                                            and chap 5. Look at Appendix D.
                                                            Exec summary optional.
                                                            2) Greenstone, Air Quality and
                                                            Housing Prices, Skip section IV
                                                            and skip data appendix
                                                            Ward: Chap 7, pp 176-end
                                                            ISER Sportfish Analysis: Chap VI,
                                                            pages 16-21; (exec summ is
21   Mon 10 Apr   Valuation: Contingent Valuation
                                                            optional)
                                                            Duffield: NonMarket valuation and
                                                            the courts (Web)
22   Mon 10 Apr   Valuation in Action
                                                            Assignment 10
23   Mon 17 Apr   Air pollution, cap and trade
                                                            Ward 16
24   Mon 17 Apr   Risk & Uncertainty                        Ward 17
                                                            Assignment 11
25   Mon 24 Apr   Climate Change – Pete Larsen
                                                            Ward 15
26   Mon 24 Apr   Energy                                    Ward 13
27   Mon 1 May    Review                                    Assignment 12 (review)
28   Mon 1 May    Review
     TBA –
                  Final Exam, Take it when you want –
     between 2
                  signup sheet will be available in class
     and 5 May