Container ships docked in the Port of Felixstowe (UK). (Photo by Jeremy Quinn on Flickr.)
Instructor(s)
Dr. Hauke Kite-Powell
MIT Course Number
2.964
As Taught In
Fall 2006
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This half-semester course studies the economics of the principal markets related to marine transportation, environment, and natural resources. Topics include structures of the markets and industries involved; competition; impacts of policies and regulations. The course analyzes the relationship among industries, markets, technologies, and national policies, and introduces the concepts of national income accounts, sustainability, and intergenerational equity and their relationship to current economic practice.