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Resource Theory, 6 credits
Resursteori, 6 hp
TEAE05
Main field of study
Energy and Environmental Engineering Industrial Engineering and ManagementCourse level
First cycleCourse type
Programme courseExaminer
Emma RosklintDirector of studies or equivalent
Linnea IngebrandEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 48 hRecommended self-study hours: 112 h
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Main field of study
Energy and Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering and ManagementCourse level
First cycleAdvancement level
G1XCourse offered for
- Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering
- Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
- Energy-Environment-Management M Sc in Engineering
- Industrial Engineering and Management, M Sc in Engineering
Entry requirements
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Intended learning outcomes
After successful complementation of the course the student should:
- know the basic economic problems and the basic assumptions
- have knowledge of the determinants of demand, supply and prices in a market
- be able to take an economic approach
- have knowledge about the meaning of efficient resource allocation, what conditions in a market that lead to efficient allocation of resources and the conditions that lead to markets not functioning effectively
- have knowledge of resource allocation problems in the environmental field
- be able to explain and understand how different economic and administrative instruments can be used to regulate the functioning of environmental and resource problems
Course content
The scarcity problem and the opportunity cost concept demand, supply and equilibrium price, the foundations of welfare theory, property rights and the Coase theorem, public goods, externalities, and the Tragedy of the commons
various administrative and economic instruments in the environmental area, as regulations, fees, taxes, subsidies and markets for emission rights
Teaching and working methods
Lectures, exercises.
Examination
| TEN1 | Written examination | 6 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Grades
Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5Department
Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utvecklingDirector of Studies or equivalent
Linnea IngebrandExaminer
Emma RosklintCourse website and other links
Education components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 48 hRecommended self-study hours: 112 h
Course literature
Pihl, H, 2007, Miljöekonomi för en hållbar utveckling, fjärde upplagan, SNS förlag Artiklar och kompendier| Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
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| TEN1 | Written examination | 6 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)
The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.
LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva.
Course literature is preliminary.
Pihl, H, 2007, Miljöekonomi för en hållbar utveckling, fjärde upplagan, SNS förlag
Artiklar och kompendier
Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.
I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
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| 2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving |
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| 2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery |
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| 3.3 Communication in foreign languages |
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| 4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT | ||||||
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| 4.2 Enterprise and business context |
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| 4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management |
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| 5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS | ||||||
| 5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development |
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| 5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development |
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| 5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects |
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