Introduction and Background Mathematics (Chapter 1; Appendix A)
- Review and introduction to Calculus
- Introduction to Matrix Algebra
- Short video: Why capitalism works (Milton Friedman)
Sustainability (Chapter 2, especially Sec. 2.1)
Macroeconomic Environment (Chapter 3)
Microeconomic Theory: Basics (Chapter 4)
- Production economics I (Sec. 4.1)
- Production economics II (Sec. 4.1)
- Theory of cost (Sec. 4.2)
- Consumer demand theory (Sec. 4.3)
- Elasticities (Sec. 4.4)
- Supply and demand (Sec. 4.5)
- Trade agreements (Sec. 4.6)
- Theory of trade (Sec. 4.6)
Project Evaluation (Chapter 5)
Market Structures and Market Distortions (Chapter 6)
- Market structures and imperfect competition (Sec. 6.1)
- Market structure: Case studies (Sec. 6.2)
- Price discrimination (Sec. 6.3)
Insights from the New Institutional Economics (Chapter 7)
- Transaction costs (Sec. 7.1)
- Adverse selection (Sec. 7.2)
- Moral hazard (Sec. 7.3)
- Principal-agent (PA) theory (Sec. 7.4)
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Efficiency and Equity in Land-use Planning (Chapter 8)
Economics of Climate Change (Chapter 9)
- Watch the movie (Climate: The Movie)
Energy Economics and Policy (Chapter 10)
Risk and Uncertainty (Chapter 11)