Dr. Douglas Greenley
Professor of Economics
Economics Department Chair
Ph.D., Colorado State University
M.A., B.A., North Dakota State University
Contact Information:
Phone: 477-4031
Office MA 380L
Email: greenley@mnstate.edu
Office Hours Spring 2012: MWF 11:30-1:30; MW 2:30-3:30
Please contact Dr. Greenley to arrange an appointment.
Spring 2012 Classes
Econ 320 Money and Banking MWF 9:30-10:20 MA 166
Syllabus
Final Exam Review Guide
Articles
Econ 390 Energy Economics MWF 12:30-1:20 MA 166
Syllabus
READING ASSIGNMENTS (some are password protected)
I Energy Resources Overview – Supply, Demand and Statistical Overview
Yergin Interview
SPE et al. Petroleum Resources Management System – Guide for Non-Technical Users, 2007.
II Oil
Yergin – Chapter 11
Energy Economics and Policy 2nd Ed., by Griffin and Steele
Chapter 2 – Static Criteria for Efficient Energy Resource Allocation
Chapter 3 – Criteria for Efficient Dynamic Resource Allocation
Chapter 4 - OPEC Behavior and World Oil Prices
How Pipelines Make the Oil Market Work – Their Networks, Operation and Regulation. December 2001.
III Natural Gas
Yergin – Chapter 15 & 16
MIT Energy Initiative, The Future of Natural Gas, Ch. 2."Supply", June 2011, pp. 30-37 (Sections on U.S. Resources & Unconventional Gas Science and Technology).
IV Coal and Electricity
Yergin – Chapter 17, 19 & 20
V Nuclear
Yergin – Chapter 18
Fission and Fusion
VI Renewables
Wind Yergin – Chapter 30
Geothermal
Ethanol
Other Biofuel
VII Conservation and Energy Security
Conservation - Yergin – Chapters 31 & 32
Energy Security - Yergin – Chapter 13
VIII Environmental Concerns – An Economic Perspective
"Modeling Market Failure", Environmental Economics and Management: Theory, Policy and Applications, by Callan and Thomas Chapter 3, pp. 50-75.
"Taxes, Subsidies and Effluent Charges", Environmental Economics, 2nd Ed., by Seneca and Taussig, Chapter 10, pp. 234-266.
"Fracking: The Great Shale Gas Rush," Bloomberg Business Week, March 3, 2011.
"Fracking Safety: Scientific Truths Are Emerging", Scientific American.
IX Debate: The Appropriate Role for American Energy Policy: Incentives, Security and the Environment.
Articles
The Man who Bought North Dakota
Everything You Know About Peak Oil Is Wrong
Stumped at the Pump
Going with the Flow
The World's Largest LNG Supplier?
Environmental Quality as a Public Good
Governmental Production of Environmental Services
Courses Taught
Econ 100 American Economics
Econ 202 Principles of Economics I: Micro
Econ 204 Principles of Economics II: Macro
Econ 300 Global Economic Issues
Econ 302 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
Econ 304 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
Econ 305 The Economics of Poverty, Discrimination and Inequality
Econ 320 Money and Banking
Econ 350 Public Finance
Econ 370 Quantitative Economic Analysis
Econ 390 Topics in Economics (Environmnetal & Energy Economics)
Econ 416 Labor Economics
Econ 425 International Trade and Finance
Areas of interest include Natural Resource Economics, International Trade and Finance and Financial Economics.