WASCAL – Climate and Sustainable Development

Final Exam

pdf version: ClimateChangeFinalExam

Word version: ClimateChangeFinalExam

Data file: CO2dataforfinal

 

Here are the materials for the class, March 7-12, 2022.

Syllabus          pdf version        ClimChangeAndSustDev_2022
Day 1.   The Meaning and Measurement of (Sustainable) Economic Development

Class Notes        Excel files used in class: HDIexplained  PPPdata  SenegalGDP

Day 2.  Environment: Is there an EKC?

Class Notes      Excel file used in class: RealVsNominalGDP

Day 3.  The Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

Class Notes: pdf:  WednesdayNotes Word: WednesdayNotes

Recording of basic regression example is here.

Recording of how to download and clean World Bank data is here.

Excel files used in class:    pm25    CO2emissions    RegressionExample

Day 4.  Economic Growth: Theory and Empirics

Class Notes  ShoeFactoryExample   BurkinaEKC

Word: ThursdayNotes             pdf: ThursdayNotes

Day 5.  Cost-Benefit Analysis

Word: FridayNotes   pdf: FridayNotes

Excel files: NPVexamples    HedonicPricingcalculation

Example of Cost-Benefit Analysis: Cape Cod Wind Farm. Optimal SubsidiesFormattedOct2018

Advanced and optional: Logistic Regression. Logistic Regression 2021

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Homework Assignment 1 (due by end of day, Wednesday, March 9):

ClimateChangePS1   PDF version

Quick sample answers: PS2quickanswers

Homework Assignment 2 (due by end of day, Thursday, March 10)

ClimateChangePS2   PDF version

Chapter on Regression: Chap2

Homework Assignment 3 (due by end of day, Friday, March 11)

ClimateChangePS3    PDF version

Data file in Excel: PS3data