The course aims at presenting a comprehensive analysis of the issues of energy, environment and European policy from a strong multidisciplinary perspective, as this new course encompasses three different disciplines (energy economics, environmental economics and history of international relations).
Main references for the first module:
1. C. Egenhofer and L. Grigoriev, “European Energy Security. What should it mean?”, ESF
Working Paper n. 23, 2006
(http://www.ceps.eu/book/european-energy-security-what-should-it-mean-what-do) pag. 4-25.
2. Tonini A., “The EEC Commission and the European Energy Policy: A Historical Appraisal”, in Bardazzi, Pazienza, Tonini (eds), Enhancing European energy and climate security: Eastern strategic partners, unconventional sources and public policies, Springer 2015, pp. 13-35. The Pdf file will be available for download in the Moodle Course web page.
3. Takin and Williams, “Geo-Politics of Euro-Asian Energy Nexus”, London, 2010, only pp. 13-57. The Pdf file will be available for download on the Moodle Course web page.
Main references for the second module:
1. Bhattacharyya S.C. (2011), Energy Economics: Concepts, Issues, Markets and Governance, Springer. Chapters: 2, 3, 4, 8, 11,12, 20.
2. ECB (2010), “Energy markets and the Euro area macroeconomy”, Occasional Paper Series, n.113, June.
3. For second and third module: Bardazzi R., M.G. Pazienza (2015), “Public policies and the energy mix in Italy: where do we stand?”, in Bardazzi R., M.G. Pazienza, A.Tonini (Eds), Enhancing European energy and climate security: Eastern strategic partners, unconventional sources and public policies, Springer. Available for download on Moodle.
Main references for the third module:
Perman et al. Natural resource and environmental economics, Addison Wesley, 4th edition. Chapters: 1,2, 5, 6,9.
Additional readings and paragraphs excluded from chapters listed above will be detailed on the Moodle page.
Obiettivi Formativi
Identify and discuss the main historical developments in international relations between energy producer and importer countries. Explain and apply the key concepts and model of energy and environmental economics. Examine the European Energy and Environmental policies.
Prerequisiti
We remind that this exam fulfills 9 credits of Political Economy of the Master's Programme. Therefore we require as pre-requisites a basic grounding in microeconomics, macroeconomics, international history which are included in the admission requirements of the Master's Programme. Erasmus students who do not have the necessary academic background are strongly advised not to enroll in this course.
Metodi Didattici
Lectures and seminars. Teachers and scholars from other Italian and/or foreign universities will be invited to give lectures on specific topics, relevant for the course.
The course uses Moodle e-learning platform where handouts, slides and research materials will be available for all students.
Altre Informazioni
This course has got financial support by the Lifelong Learning Programme - Jean Monnet Module.
Modalità di verifica apprendimento
The exam is written (in English) with 6 open questions (2 for each module). Students must answer all questions to be considered for evaluation of their test.
Programma del corso
The course is divided into three modules.
First module:
- A broad historical appraisal (1850-2010): from steam to oil. Changes in the global energy consumption patterns)
- Oil as a new gold rush: the United States, Russia and the Middle East, 1890-1945
- An increasing energy dependency for Europe (1945-1974)
- Oil crisis in the Seventies: inflation, welfare state and less developed countries debt.
- A first European response: diversification of sources and suppliers, nuclear power generation
- European dependency on non-member countries supply: how much this affects EU external relations?
Second module:
- Energy sector characteristics
- Basic economics of energy production/supply
- Energy demand: models for households and firms
- Markets, infrastructures prices and regulation in Europe
- Energy markets in international arena: oil and gas as a case-study
Third module:
- The environmental approach (the tragedy of commons; renewable and non renewable resources, resources and sustainability definition)
- External cost of different energy sources: health and climate change issues
- Renewable resources: markets and potentiality
- Environmental policy instruments to promote energy efficiency: taxation, ETS, feed-in tariffs and subsidies