Environmental Economics at the University of Colorado
Department of Economics


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The Tradition -  The University of Colorado has a long tradition of excellence in the area of environmental and natural resource economics.  The natural environment and political climate make the University of Colorado a natural fit for those interested in natural resource and environmental issues.  The campus has long been home to many top rate scientists with whom CU environmental and natural resource economists have worked.  The potential for multi-disciplinary research and discourse exists to this day.

The Faculty - Currently there are three faculty, Nicholas Flores, Randall Walsh, and Edward Morey, who dedicate the majority of their intellectual effort to natural resource and environmental economics.  In addition to these three, other faculty who regularly work on natural resource/environmental issues include Phil Graves, Mushfiq Mobarak,  and Donald Waldman.  Chuck Howe is a very active Professor Emeritus who still works on natural resource and environmental issues.

The Program - The CU Department of Economics currently offers six courses in natural resource/environmental economics.  The sequences are geared for different interests.  At the undergraduate level, a natural resource economics and environmental economics sequence is offered for economics majors (ECON 4535, ECON 4545) and another sequence is offered for non-majors (ECON 3535, ECON 3545).  The non-majors sequence is designed primarily for the CU environmental studies program majors.  At the graduate level we offer a master's combined environmental and natural resource economics course (ECON 6535) and a Ph.D. seminar sequence in natural resource economics (ECON 8535) and environmental economics (ECON 8545).    In addition to these courses, we also offer a water resources development and management course (ECON 8555).  To learn more about graduate and undergraduate courses, please see our department homepage or click here.

The Workshop - Nicholas Flores hosts an annual Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop in Boulder.  To look at the Workshop homepage, click here.

Additional Information - If you have additional questions regarding environmental and natural resource economics at the University of Colorado, please feel free to contact our staff or faculty.  This web page is maintained by Nicholas Flores who can be emailed at Nicholas.Flores@Colorado.edu.