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ECON 405. Natural Resource Economics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Topics include: Malthusian and Ricardian Scarcity; optimal depletion of renewable and non-renewable resources; exploration, risk and industry structure, and current resources, rent and taxation. Current public policies applied to the resource industries, particularly those of a regulatory nature.
  • Prerequisite: ECON 230 or ECON 250

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