M.Sc in Environment Economics: Curricula

1- Computer: Basics

2- English Language: General Course

3- English Language: Specialized Course

4- Statistical Mathematics

5- An Introduction to Environment

6- Environmental Pollution

7-Micro-economics

8-Macro-economics

9-Environmental Planning and Management

10- Environmental impact Assessment

11- Fundamentals of Environmental Economics

12- Environmental Economics

13-Environmental Accounting

14- Economic Valuation of Natural Resources

15- Environmental Economics Workshop

16- Economics Seminar

17- Sustainable Development and Environment

18- Natural Ecosystems of Iran (Aquatic &Terrestrial)

19- Environmental Management Standards and Regulations

20- Energy Economics

21- Application of Statistics in Environmental Management

22- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Environment

23- Development Economics and the Third World Issues

24- Economy of Iran

25- Thesis

Course Content :

Environmental Economics Course Outlines

Package

Pre Requisites Subjects

Econometrics

Credits: 3

Curricula

1- One equation regression models based on algorithmic matrix

2- Side characteristics of least squares estimators and maximum likelihood

3- Hypothesis testing and predictions in complex regression models

4- Random explanatory variables

5- Problem of variables selection

6- Virtual variables and logit/probit models and multi choice models

7- Non-normal errors: implication of non-normal disturbances, normal

errors test, model estimation with non-normal errors

8- Isolines in econometrics

9- Auto-regressions

10- Isovariance ellipse

11- Distributed lag models with a discussion of their estimation

12- Errors of designation /determination/ models and their impacts on

estimation of parameters

13- Estimation of non-linear models

14- Fraud irrelevant equations

Foundation of Environmental Economics

Credits: 3

Curricula

1. An introduction to environmental economics

History of environmental economics

The Importance of environmental economics

The Role of environmental economics in environmental management

Economy and Environment

Basic concepts of environmental economics

Quality of the environment

Sustainable development

Biological diversity

Environmental Planning and policy-making

2. Mechanism of market activities

Market

Demand and supply and equilibrium of market price

Demand and consumer behavior

Market demand for private goods

indifference curves in utility theory

Demand elasticity

Supply

Market supply for private goods

Price elasticity of supply

Price equilibrium in competitive and noncompetitive markets

Demand and supply curves shifting

How markets function?

Consumer and producer surplus

3. Market failure

Weakness or lack of property rights

Public goods

Market supply for air quality

Price equilibrium for air quality

Externalities

Public goods externalities

Externalities and environmental degradation

4. Conventional solutions for environmental problems

Command and control approaches

Use of standards in environmental policies

Legal limitation

A general approach to implement environmental policies

5. Economic tools to deal with environmental problems

Market approach

Identifying types of market instruments types

Pollution penalties

Subsidies

System of tradable pollution permits

System of Deposit and refund

Market approach modelling

6. Valuation of environmental endowments

Accounting of national income and Valuation of environmental

endowments

Classification of environmental goods and services

Types of environmental economics values

Principles of environmental endowments valuation

Microeconomics

Credits: 3

Curricula

1. Introduction: nature theory and scope of economics: normative and positive

economics

2. Consumer theory

Fundamental concepts

Consumer preferences and their types

Revealed utility preferences and utility function types

Consumer choice

Optimal choice for different preferences

Optimization of consumption and demand

Hicks and Slutsky theorem

Effects of wealth/income on demand surplus of consumers surplus in

case of uncertainties

3. Theory of the Firm

Basic concepts of optimization

Maximization of the firm’s profit

Isoprofit curves and production functions

Production Isoquant-Isocost curves

Input demand functions

Game theory

4. Perfect competition markets

Perfect competition assumption

Demand functions

Supply functions

Short- and long-run supply of the firm

Short- and long-run industry supply

Labour market equilibrium

5. Perfect monopoly markets

Monopoly and the matter of economic efficiency

Profit maximization and cost minimization

Price discrimination

Monopolistic competition

6. Distribution theory

7. Review of production factors pricing

Demand function for production factors in perfect competition condition

Demand function for production factors in monopoly in purchase

condition

8. Theory of information

Macroeconomics

Credits: 3

Course Outlines:

1-Notions and macroeconomics variables overview, National Account Analysis,

Price index implications

2-Agregate Demand Analyses

Income Determinations in two and three sectors, Multiplier Coefficient, IS Curve,

Money and Bonds Markets Analyses, Demand and Supply Money, IM Curve,

Static Equilibrium Model in Economic Demand Sector, Aggregate Demand Curve,

Impact Evaluation of Monetary and Fiscal policies in Economic Demand Sector.

3-Aggregate Supply Analyses

Labor Market Analyses, Prices and its expectations Changes Impacts, Change in

Wages effects, Derived Total Supply Curve, Disturbing in Economic Supply

Sector

4- Static Macroeconomic Equilibrium Model

Quantity Determination of Employment, Prices and Discount Rate, Evaluation of

Money tray and Fiscal Policies Impacts on Macroeconomics Variables, Evaluation

of Income Policy Impacts ( Prices and Wages Control)

5- Open Macroeconomics

Foreign Trade Sector intervention, International Capital Movements, Balance of

Payments Analyses, Money tray and Fiscal Policies Impacts on effective Exchange

Rate in Open economy

6-Generalized Static Macroeconomic Analyses

Aggregate Consumption and Investment Theories, Money Supply and Demand

Theories, Determination of Equilibrium Income, Employment, General Prices, and

Interest Rate in Generalized Model

7-Dynamic Analyses (Medium Term)

Analyses of Inflation and Wages Trends, Inflation and Unemployment Relation,

Philips Curve, Economic Growth Models

Statistical Mathematics

Credits: 3

Curricula

1- Foundation of statistics

2- Importance of statistics in research

3- General framework of a statistical study

4- Types of studies

5- Steps of a study

6- Regulation of objectives, processes and research questions

7- Population under study

8- Sampling methods and techniques

9- Variables and their definition

10- Measuring scales

11- Data collection and resource identification

12- Statistical reliability and confidence level

13- Questionnaire design

14- Introduction to descriptive statistics methods

15- Probabilities and inferential statistics models

16- One-way and multi-way ANOVA and their applications

17- Multivariate regression analysis and use of them in data and

information analysis

18- Taking a glance on reporting

Main Subjects

Advanced micro economics

Pre requirements: microeconomics

Credits: 2

Hours: 34

Type: theatrical

Level: PhD

Micro economic principles and methodology

Basic mathematical terms

Firm’s theorem

Production function and cost function

Profit function

Production function and inputs demand function

Market theorem

Perfect competition market

Monopoly and oligopoly markets

Inputs market

Consumer behavior theory

Utility and demand function characteristics

General equilibrium theory

Advanced Environmental Economics (1)

Credits: 2

Course Outlines:

1- Economics and Environment connection, Ecosystems and Environment

2-Notionsof Property Rights, Opportunity Cost, Environment Scarcity Rent,

Efficiency.

3- Analyses of Coase’s Theorem (1960), Bargaining Solution Verses Competitive

Market Solution.

4- Negative and Positive Externalities.

5- Market, Home and Environmental Goods.

6- Market Failures (Incomplete Market, Public Goods and Non-rivalry,

Asymmetric information).

7- Cost and Benefit Pollution Control,(Emission Transformation Function,

Marginal Cost of Pollution Control)

8- Pollution Kinds (Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Solid and Waste, Radiactive

Material Emissions).

9- Regulations, Laws, Implementations in Pollution Control.

10-Prefernces and Ethic Individuals Related to Environment.

11-Prefernces and Social Choices Related to Environment.

12- Point and Non-Point Pollution, Single and Compound Pollution.

13- Pareto Optimality and Environmental Quality.

14- Carbon Tax.

Advanced Environmental Economics (2)

Credits: 2

Course Outline:

1-Pollution Control Technology

2- Asymmetric and symmetric Pollution Control Tools.

-Subsidies, Price Discrimination, Numerical and quantitative Quotas.

-Trade able permits and market exchange.

3-Environmental Protection Methods (Second best Implicit Policy Approaches).

4- Environmental Risk, Obligations and Commitments.

5- Pigovian Tax, Environmental effects of Pollution Tax.

6- Price Determination of Polluting Firms and Industries Under Competitive and

Monopoly Conditions.

7- Dynamic Equation Determination of Abatement Emission with Innovation in

Technology.

8- Green Efficiency and Productivity in polluting Firms.

9- Factors impacts on Polluting Firms and industries Concentration.

10- Environmental Input-Output Models.

11- Testing Kuznet’s Hypotheses with Environmental Setting.

12- Sustainable Development.

13- Development of Renewable and Deplete able Energy Resources Connected to

Environmental Issue.

14- Trade and Environment.

15- Population Growth, Economic Growth and Environment.

16-MacroeconomicVariables and Environment (Sustainable Income, Green Saving

and Investment, Green National Consumption..).

Economic Valuation of environment of resource

Credits: 2

Hours: 34

Type: practical and theatrical

Level: PhD

Value price and production cost

Value types of environmental assets

Valuation methods for environmental assets

Stated and revalued production theory

Willingness to pay and willingness to accept

Compensatory variations function Vis a Vis equivalent variations functions

Production function to determine shadow price for environment utility

Indirect utility function method to determine social welcome due to improved

environmental quality

Travel cost method and house hold production function

Environmental demand theory

Practical techniques, logit, two-bit and probity

Maximum light hood method

Review of best practices at international and national levels for ecosystems and

environmental assets

Obligatory Subjects

Optimum control in economic systems

Pre requirements: macroeconomics and microeconomics

Credits: 2

Hours: 34

Type: theatrical and practical

Level: PhD

Optimum allocation of resources

Static optimization

Leaner programming non leaner programming

Game theory

Static optimization application

House hold theory

Firm theory

General equilibrium

Dynamic optimization

Control issues

Results changes estimation

Dynamic programming

Maximization principled

Game theory differential equation

Dynamic optimization application

Optimum economic growth

Optimum utilization of non-renewable resources

Advanced Environmental Accounting

Credits: 2

Course Outlines:

1- Historical Review of National Accounts in the World.

2- Integrated National Accounting System (Income-Output Account, National

Balance Sheet, Input-Output Table)

3- Depletion Determination of Exhaustible, Renewable and Quasi Renewable

Resources.

4- Depreciation Determination of Man Made Capital (Physical Capital).

5- Measuring Approaches of National accounts (Value added, Income Distribution,

Expenditure Settings).

6- Avoiding Double Accounting in National Accounting.

7-Services and Activities Values not included in National Accounting System.

8- Notion and Measure of Green Gross National Product and it Components.

9- Sustainable National Income and Consumption

10- Social and Environmental Input-Output Table

11- Sustainable Development and Integrated Environmental Accounting.

12- Natural Capital Evaluation and Integrated Environmental Accounting.

13- Green Energy Intensity.

Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources Theories

Credits: 2

Course Outline:

1- Exhaustible Energy Resources and Economics

- Optimal Allocation of Exhaustible Resources

- Competitive Behavior of Extracting Firm in Monopoly and Competitive

Conditions

- To Survey of Extracting Firm Behavior in Oligopolistic Market

- To Survey of the Behavior of Cartel, Fringe and Backstop Energy Producers

- Application of Nash Bargaining Game Theory for Energy Resource

Producers.

- To Survey the Impacts of Government Financial Tools on Optimal

Exhaustible Resource Extraction

2- Economics and Durable Exhaustible Resource and Materials

- Durable Goods Demand

- Hotelling’s Rule

- Stock price verses Flow price

- Degree of Durability and its effects on Exploitation

3- Economics and Renewable Resources

- Biological Function of Biomass

- Exploitation of Biomass in Static and Dynamic Conditions

- Exploitation under Private and Common Property Right

- Economic Use of Forest and Land usage

4- Economic Use of Water

- Formal and Informal Water Market

- Tariff and Price of Water ( Urban Water, Industry, Residential and

Commercial)

- Water Pricing methods

- Reproducible Water in the Nature

- Water Use in Industry and Economics

Optional Subjects

Sustainable development and environment

Credits:2

Hours: 34

Type: theatrical

Level: PhD

Sustainable development:

Definition and concepts

Sustainable development and economic development

Sallow Hardwick method

Natural capital saving method

Standard minimum security

Paly operation principles

Environmental sustainability index

Green human development index

Genuine saving method

Sustainable development Measurement in fuzzy model

Environmental standards and regulations

Credits: 2

Curricula

1- History of environmental rules and regulations in Iran

2- Definition of standards, rules and regulations

3- Types of environmental rules and regulations

4- Formation and establishment of environmental rules and regulations

5- Familiarization with environmental regulatory entities

6- Approval stages of environmental regulation

7- International and domestic environmental standards

8- ISO 14000 series of environmental management standards

9- Integrated management standards

10- Familiarization with legal supports to enforce laws and environmental

standards

11- Environmental penalties and their calculation methods

Economy of Iran and environment

Credits: 2

Hours: 34

Type: theoretical

Level: PhD

A historical review of human and non-human production factors

Role of state involvement in the economy will emphasis on development

plans pre and post Islamic revolution

Sectorial review of the economy: agriculture, industry, oil, cost, services,

commerce, social and economic infrastructure

A review of development strategies towards tacking challenger and capacity

building

Policy packages towards facilitating macro, sectorial and sub sectorial

development

Environmental planning and policies

Credits: 2

Hours: 34

Type: theoretical

Level: PhD

An introduction to logical principles

An introduction to the principles of planning, policy marking and logistician

in Iran

A general review of environmental and historical laws and logistician

The role of environment in the general police

A review of the vision and future of environment in the logical rules and

legislations

Environmental industrial economic

Credits: 2

Hours: 34

Type: theoretical

Level: PhD

An introduction to economic and industrial origination restructuring,

deregulation and privatization

Environmental concentration multiplier in industry and firms

Economic and environmental

Performance in in industry and firms

Environment profit margin, price, and average cost

Recycling technologies industry and firms

Pollution prevention and reduction hardware technologies

Undesirable cost production in industry and industry trims

Market failure consumer to undesirable production

Efficiency, productivity and sustainable production in industry and firms

Waste in transformation industries

Environmental Lorne index

Energy, Economic and Environment Modeling

Credits: 2

Course Outlines:

1- Introduction for Systems Base and System Research

2- Energy Planning, Planning Principle Illustration, Usage of System analyses

Approach in Supply Planning

3- Energy Demand and Supply Energy

- Methodology of Econometric Models and Energy demand Development

Analyses

- Methodological Development of Optimizing singe Fuel Models

- Methodological Development of Simulation and Engineering Models

- Methodological Development of Optimizing Energy Supply System Models

4- Models of Energy-Economics – Environment

- Co-Integrated Models

- The Set of Models of Economic, Energy and Environment

- Multiple Measures of Optimization Models

5- Models of Risk analyses Resulted from Environment Pollution

- Risk Estimation Due to Production and Energy consumption

- Externality Evaluation Due to Environment Pollution

- Evaluation of Improved methods for Fuels and Structural changes in

Production and Energy Consumption

International and regional environmental economic challenges

Credits: 2

Hours: 34

Type: theoretical

Level: PhD

Democracy indices and environmental protection:

Carbon tax and international condolences such of Kyoto

State duties and legislation towards environment (eu, Russia, us)

International environmental agreements

Global and regional convergence

Towards environmental values

Environmental equity and international understanding

Regional strategies and programmed towards environment

Us and other theories towards environmental economic development

Political theories of international environment