Seminar: Bewertung natürlicher Ressourcen/ Valuation of natural resources

The suggested literature (i.e., not to be evaluated) is divided into two groups. The first gives an overview of Natural Resources Valuation. The second is helpful to complement the data analysis part of the course.

Introduction of Natural Resources Valuation (both books are available online)

- OCED (2018), Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment: Furnter Developments and Policy Use, OECD Publishing, Paris (Link).

- Peterson, L.G. (2003). A prime on nonmarket valuation (Vol.3, pp. 72-82). P. A. Champ, K.J. Boyle, & T.C. Brown (Eds). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishrs (Link). 

Introduction of data analysis using SPSS

- Field, A. (2013). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics. sage. --> This book is available at the University library.

- Youtube channel: Link 

No prerequisites for participating!

The course will be passed, and six (6) credits will be given to the student after the completion and being positively qualified for the following task:

- Scientific article presentation

and

-  Report submission of data analysis (approximately not more than ten pages, including cover page, introduction, results, etc...).

Both tasks will be adequately explained during the lectures.

After you successfully approve the course, the following knowledge and skill will be gained:

- Theoretical knowledge of Natural Resources Valuation.

- An introduction to quantitative data analysis through non-parametric statistical tests.

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