ECON 3396
Quasi-Experimental Energy and Environmental Economics · 1 instructor on record · 1 section
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Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.
Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.
This course offers an in-depth exploration of experimental and quasi-experimental methods for analyzing key issues in energy and environmental economics. Designed for advanced undergraduate students, it focuses on causal inference and policy evaluation in real-world contexts. The course covers a range of methodologies, including randomized controlled trials, difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity designs, and synthetic control methods. These tools are applied to study topics such as the impacts of environmental regulations, the economic effects of climate change, the effectiveness of renewable energy subsidies and energy infrastructure investments, and the role of behavioral interventions in promoting energy efficiency. Students will engage with cutting-edge research, replicate empirical studies, and develop their own research proposals. By blending theoretical knowledge with hands-on data analysis, the course prepares students to design and evaluate evidence-based policies for addressing energy and environmental challenges.
| Instructor | Overall | Workload | Challenge | RMP overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edson SeverniniAssociate Professor · Economics Provisional | 951 record | — | 69th | 602 ratings · all classes |
There is no ranking to read here: Edson Severnini is the only instructor with evaluation records for ECON 3396, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.
Also taught by Edson Severnini
1 other class| Class | Instructors | Course score |
|---|---|---|
| SCHI 3040Health and the Environment: People, Policy and Technology | 12 records | 84 |
Other ECON classes
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All 13 items · means across 1 recordBar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.
Game log
1 section · newest first| Instructor | Term | Sec | Instr | Course | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edson Severnini | Fall 2025 | 01 | 95 | 89 | — |
How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.