14.475 2005春季課程：環境經濟學與市場失靈的政府因應(Environmental Economics and Government Responses to Market Failure, Spring 2005)
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特寫近看發電廠煙囪冒出的濃煙，時間是1975年，地點是賓州匹茲堡郊外的Duquesne電力公司菲利浦發電廠。該公司投入四千二百萬美金裝置濕式排煙脫硫設備 降低空氣污染排放，以改善環境。( 圖片來源：美國文件檔案管理局 )
Closeup of smoke from a stack at the Phillips Power Station of the Duquesne Light Company outside of Pittsburgh, PA in 1975. The company installed wet scrubbers to minimize emissions in a $42 million environmental improvement project. (Image courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.)
Closeup of smoke from a stack at the Phillips Power Station of the Duquesne Light Company outside of Pittsburgh, PA in 1975. The company installed wet scrubbers to minimize emissions in a $42 million environmental improvement project. (Image courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.)
課程重點
課程描述
本課程探討政府因應市場失靈所制訂的管制、課稅或其他對策之理論基礎與實證資料，特別著重於建立及執行用以評價環境政策的工具。其他的議題包含成本效益分析、衡量無市場財貨之效益及管制成本、評估各方面管制政策的影響，如金融市場、工作場所安全衛生、消費者產品保護及其他。
This course explores the theory behind and evidence on regulatory, tax, and other government responses to problems of market failure. Special emphasis is given to developing and implementing tools to evaluate environmental policies. Other topics include cost-benefit analysis, measurement of the benefits of non-market goods and costs of regulations, and the evaluation of the impact of regulations in areas such as financial markets, workplace health and safety, consumer product safety, and other contexts.
This course explores the theory behind and evidence on regulatory, tax, and other government responses to problems of market failure. Special emphasis is given to developing and implementing tools to evaluate environmental policies. Other topics include cost-benefit analysis, measurement of the benefits of non-market goods and costs of regulations, and the evaluation of the impact of regulations in areas such as financial markets, workplace health and safety, consumer product safety, and other contexts.
