Courses

(UG) Principles of Economics 1 (ECO2001)
This course introduces the fundamental concepts and theoretical frameworks of economics to help students understand everyday life and social phenomena. Focusing on the core topics of microeconomics—including supply and demand, market equilibrium, elasticity, efficiency and welfare, consumer and producer behavior, and market structures—the course provides a framework for analyzing how markets operate and how economic agents make decisions.
(UG) Environmental Economics (ECO3005)
This course introduces key concepts, theoretical frameworks, and empirical methods in environmental economics. We will explore the causes and consequences of market failures related to environmental issues, examine policy instruments designed to correct these failures, analyze the optimal management of natural resources, and study economic approaches of valuing non-market goods. Students are expected to actively engage with course readings, apply economic theory to real-world environmental problems, critically evaluate policy agendas, and develop basic empirical skills for economic analysis in this field.
(GR) Climate and Environmental Economics (ECOG121 / ECO5121)
The goal of this course is to provide students with a rigorous introduction to climate change and environmental economics. We will explore core theoretical concepts underlying major climate and environmental challenges, quantitative modeling frameworks for policy analysis, and contemporary policy applications. With particular emphasis on quantitative trade and spatial model frameworks, the course introduces the analytical tools that have become central to recent research on climate and environmental policy analysis.

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Some Useful Data

[International Trade Data]

  • UNComtrade

    • Comprehensive trade flows dataset.
    • UN COMTRADE data can be downloaded with a limit of 100,000 rows/request, if without subscription.
    • Variables include export, import, re-export, re-import, domestic export, foreign export, import of goods for inward processing, import of goods after inward processing, etc.

  • CEPII

    • Gravity variables (distance, common language, colonial experience, etc).
    • Bilateral trade flows are also available (1995~). You can do a bulk download with this at the 6-digit HS code instead of using UNComtrade. CEPII-bulk.

  • ITPD-E

    • The database contains consistent data on international and domestic trade at the industry level, covering agriculture, mining, energy, manufacturing, and services. Coverage: 2000-2022, 264 countries, 170 industries.

  • UNCTAD

    • Data includes international merchandise trade, trade in services, digital economy, trade and biodiversity, ocean trade, technology and innovation, plastics trade, commodity prices, etc.

  • FAO DATA

    • Food and agricultural trade dataset, available at a detailed food/crop item level.

  • USDA Data

    • US-focused bilateral trade dataset, available at a detailed food/crop item level level.

  • WITS

    • Trade and Tariff data.

  • WIIW

    • Non-tariff measures (NTM) data at 6-digit HS code for the period 1995-2019.
[Input-Output Tables]

  • OECD Input-Output Tables

    • Data coverage: 1995-2022, all OECD countries and several non-member economies (including all G20 countries).

  • World Input-Output Database (WIOD)

    • Data coverage (latest version): 2000-2014, 43 countries and the rest of the world. 56 sectors following the International Standard Industrial Classification revision 4 (ISIC Rev. 4)

  • EXIOBASE

    • Data coverage (latest version): 1995 - 2011 (and extended), 44 countries and 5 rest of the world regions. 163 industries.

  • The Eora Global Supply Chain Database

    • Data coverage (latest version): 1990-2022, 190 countries. 26 sectors in a simplified and harmonized version.

[Environment Data]