Economics II - RE-SIT EXAM

Norwegian
ELE 3782
7.5 Credits

Introduction

The main purpose is to give students insight into how key economic questions can be studied using theory.

Key topics are (i) Market failure and issues related to environmental externalities; (ii) Public sector’s role; (iii) Effects of international trade; (iv) The Oil sectors’ effect on industry composition; and (v) Economic growth and inequality.

Course content

Externalities
Imperfect information
Environmental economics
Tax and subsidy
Public sector
Welfare effects of international trade
Effects of tolls
Comparative advantage
Effects of spending out of natural resource revenue
Growth and standards of living
Economic inequality

Disclaimer

This is an excerpt from the complete course description for the course. If you are an active student at BI, you can find the complete course descriptions with information on eg. learning goals, learning process, curriculum and exam at portal.bi.no. We reserve the right to make changes to this description.