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ECON224 Welfare Economics for Policy

Updated: 17 April 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus
Online level Level A- Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 24 cp including ECON101
Co-requisites None
Restrictions AGEC205 or ARE211 or ARE311 or ECON324
Notes None
Combined Units ECON324 - Welfare Economics for Policy
Coordinator(s) Jack Sinden (jsinden@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

A unit on the application of the principles of welfare economics to the environmental, agricultural and industrial sectors. Particular attention is given to causes of market failure as they exist in those sectors and the types of policies that can correct the market failures. Examples are drawn from open-access grazing, water pollution, soil degradation, monopoly versus competitive marketing of agricultural and resource commodities, and decreasing-cost food processing industries.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Introduction to Modern Welfare Economics
ISBN: 9780521356954
Johansson, P.O., CUP 1991
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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