Political economy of the environment
Answer one of the questions from the list below:
1) To what extent does extending property rights offer a viable solution to negative environmental externalities?
2) To what extent is the Environmental Kuznets Curve applicable to the case of green house gas emissions?
3) To what extent is the Environmental Kuznets Curve applicable to the case of biodiversity loss?
4) To what extent do emissions tradings schemes create a moral hazard?
5) To what extent is the Coase theorem relevant to the international political economy of climate change?
6) To what extent do Pigouvian taxes offer the more effective route to emissions reductions than cap and trade schemes?
7) To what extent does the ‘pollution of poverty’ concept account for environmental degradation in the Global South?
