中文课程简介

本课程将会介绍统计学基础和投入产出方法，作为探索经济世界的定量分析方法。一方面介绍统计学基础，包括描述统计学、概率和随机变量。另一方面介绍投入产出模型及其在环境经济学中的应用。在经济学中，投入产出分析是一种分析不同部门和不同经济体之间相互依存关系的定量分析方法。经济学家里昂惕夫开发了此模型，并因此获得诺贝尔经济学奖。本课程将会利用此模型评估经济活动的环境影响，以及从全生命周期视角分析能源使用和碳排放。

英文课程简介

The aim of this module is to introduce the statistical methods and input-output analysis, as a foundation on which to explore the world of economy. The module will be divided into two parts. In the first part, students will learn the basic of statistical methods, including descriptive statistics, probability, and random variable. In the second part, students will learn the input-output model and its applications in environmental economics. In economics, an input-output analysis is a quantitative economic model that represents the interdependencies between different sectors of an economy or different regional economies. Wassily Leontief (1906–1999) earned the Nobel Prize in Economics for his development of this model. In this module, the model is used to analyse the environmental impacts of economic activities and estimate energy use and carbon emissions from life-cycle perspective.