| I. The economics of public goods and infrastructure |
| 1 | Infrastructure in crisis: History and introduction | |
| 2 | Infrastructure, public goods, and market failure | |
| 3 | Infrastructure, property rights, and regulations | |
| II. Infrastructure, economic stimulus, and development |
| 4 | Infrastructure stimulus and economic growth | |
| 5 | Infrastructure and development | |
| 6 | Infrastructure and regional development | Reaction paper 1 due |
| 7 | Infrastructure policies and emerging issues | |
| III. Infrastructure financing, funding and delivery |
| 8 | Infrastructure financing | |
| 9 | Infrastructure funding | |
| 10 | Infrastructure delivery | |
| 11 | Project financing | Reaction paper 2 due |
| IV. The energy system |
| 12 | The energy chain and market, part I | |
| 13 | The energy chain and market, part II | |
| 14 | Issues and challenges | |
| V. Energy and long-term development |
| 15 | Energy and economic development | |
| 16 | Social development and environmental conservation aspects | Reaction paper 3 due |
| VI. Energy infrastructure |
| 17 | Energy infrastructure: Needs and urgencies in the United States | |
| 18 | Energy infrastructure in emerging and other advanced economies | |
| VII. Energy security issues |
| 19 | Disruptions to energy supply | |
| 20 | Infrastructure protection, natural disasters, and terrorist threats | Reaction paper 4 due |
| VIII. Energy security and food security intertwined |
| 21 | Food vs. fuel? | |
| 22 | Emerging issues and policy implications | |
| IX. The political economy of energy |
| 23 | Political economy issues in the energy sector spectrum | |
| 24 | Regulations, constraints, and political processes of energy infrastructure | |
| 25-26 | Student presentations | Final paper due |
