ESI cordially invites you to a training course on
Energy Economics
by
Professor Carol Dahl
Director of CSM/IFP Joint International Program in
Petroleum Economics Management.
Colorado School of Mines, USA.
Date: 13-17th July 2009
Venue: (Tentative) ESI Conference Room
This event is by invitation only. Registration cost is SGD $800 for the full course or SGD $500 for any two days. Lunch would be catered for the participants of this course.ESI affiliates should enquire about preferential rates.
Please email your name, title, organisation and email address to esilyyj@nus.edu.sg by 17th June 2009 to help us gauge the response. Due to limited seating capacity at 40, please register early.
About the course
This is a seminar-style Energy Economics training course. The objective is to equip the energy related stakeholders in Singapore with the analytical skill-sets used by energy economic practitioners.
The event opens with a Foundation Course on Energy Economics, followed by three separate Masterclass sessions on Electricity, Gas Markets and Energy Derivatives respectively. Participants are strongly encouraged to attend the Foundation Course, whereas the remaining Masterclass sessions may be viewed as standalone electives.
Target participants for this event include policy makers, scholars and industry practitioners with a vested interest in energy economics.
Full Course Syllabus on the Flip Side...
About the Instructor
Professor Dahl is Director of Colorado School of Mines/ Institut Francais du Petrole Joint International Degree Program in Petroleum Economics and Management at the Colorado School of Mines, USA. She holds a PhD (Economics) from the University of Minnesota, and a BA (Economics) from the University of Wisconsin. Her research interests include evaluating and modelling energy policies, energy supply and demand elasticities, electricity market restructuring, managing risk in energy markets, as well as the historical and future evolution of international energy markets.
Carol has published widely in top peer reviewed energy journals. Her accolades include having written the “Second most cited paper published in Energy Economics from 1979-2005”, and the “Sixth most cited paper in Energy Economics, The Energy Journal, Energy Policy, and Resources and Energy Economics”.
In addition, she sits on the technical review panels of Energy Information Administration’s
(EIA) Short Term Energy Forecasting Model (2006), US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Second Generation Climate Model (2005), and is on the technical expert list of the US Fulbright Program (2004-2009).
Energy Economics
by
Professor Carol Dahl
Director of CSM/IFP Joint International Program in
Petroleum Economics Management.
Colorado School of Mines, USA.
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
13th July 2009: Foundation Course in Energy Economics - Why (and How) Economists Study Energy?
- Demand for Energy and Supply of Energy
- Energy Taxes, Subsidies, and Social Welfare
- Modelling Taxes in Competitive Market
- Energy Subsidies
- Tax Equity - Quiz & Review
14th July 2009: Masterclass on Electricity - Natural Monopoly and Electricity Generation
- Deregulation-Privatisation of the Electricity Sector
- Quiz & Review
15th July 2009: Masterclass on Gas Markets - US Natural Gas Markets
- Monopsony — Japan and the Asia Pacific LNG Market
- Game Theory in the Western European Natural Gas Market
- Quiz & Review
16th July 2009: Masterclass on Energy Derivatives - Refinery Margins
- Energy Futures Market for Managing Risk
- Energy Options Markets for Managing Risk
- Quiz & Review
17th July 2009: Conclusion - Public Goods and Global Climate Change
- Quiz & Review
- Q & A and Wrap-Up
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