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ECON 807 - Economics of Sustainable Development
Credits:
3.00
Analysis of the interrelationships among economic growth,
technological change, population increase, natural
resource use, and environmental problems, e.g., land use
change, biodiversity loss, and global climate change.
ECON 825 - Mathematical Economics
Credits:
3.00
Principal mathematical techniques and their application in
economics. Topics covered: matrix algebra, derivatives,
unconstrained and constrained optimization, linear and
nonlinear programming, game theory, elements of integral
calculus.
ECON 828 - Time Series Analysis
Credits:
3.00
Basic and advanced time series models with up-to-date
empirical techniques with emphasis on the application of
econometric tools to economic issues. Selected topics
include stationary ARMA models, unit roots and
cointegration, VAR, ARCH dynamic panel data models,
structural break models, and non-linear time series models.
Prereq: ECON 926 and 927 or equivalents.
ECON #841 - Introduction to Public Policy
Credits:
4.00
Explores the basic issues of public sector economics and
emphasizes the use of economic theory in predicting the
effects of public policy on individual behavior and the
overall economy. Specific topics include market failures,
collective decision making, cost/benefit analysis, and an
evaluation of tax and transfer programs.
ECON 842 - Public Economics I
Credits:
3.00
The basic issues of public sector economics. Analyzes
economic theory and empirical methods as they relate to
public goods, externalities, and regulation. Analyses of
taxation, with focus on the effect of taxes on corporate
behavior. Economics of technological diffusion and the use
of cost-benefit analysis.
ECON 843 - Public Economics II
Credits:
3.00
Emphasizes the use of economic theory and empirical
methods in predicting the economic effects of a policy.
Specific policies analyzed include social insurance
programs such as Medicare and Social Security,
income/inkind transfer programs and individual taxation.
Issues involving multi-level systems of government also
considered.
ECON 845 - International Trade
Credits:
3.00
Contemporary issues in international economic theory and
policy. Analysis of trade theory, dynamics of world trade
and exchange, and international commercial policy.
ECON 846 - International Finance
Credits:
3.00
International monetary mechanisms; balance of payments,
international investment; exchange rates, adjustment
systems international liquidity, foreign aid, multinational
corporations.
ECON 847 - Multinational Enterprises
Credits:
3.00
The internationalization of economies. Growth and
implications of the multinational corporation at the level
of systems. Theories of imperialism, international
unity/rivalry; theories of direct investment; the exercise
of influence and conflict, technology transfer, bargaining
with host country; effects on U.S. economy.
ECON 868 - Seminar in Economic Development
Credits:
3.00
An advanced reading seminar. Topics include methodologies
underlying economic development theory, industrialization
and post-import substitution, state capitalist development,
stabilization policies, appropriate technologies, the
capital goods sector, agricultural modernization schemes,
and attempts at transition to socialism.
ECON 898 - Economic Problems
Credits:
1.00 to 3.00
Special topics; may be repeated. Prereq: permission of
adviser and instructor.
ECON 899 - Master's Thesis
Credits:
1.00 to 8.00
Cr/F.
ECON 926 - Econometrics I
Credits:
3.00
Application and theory of statistical and econometric
methods to problems in economics. Topics: basic
statistical theory, simple and multiple regression,
violations of the basic assumptions, generalized least
squares, and introduction to simultaneous equation models.
Prereq: undergraduate statistics course.
ECON 927 - Econometrics II
Credits:
3.00
Simultaneous equation models, nonlinear estimation,
qualitative and limited-dependent variables, distributed
lag models, introduction to time series (ARIMA) models,
pooling of cross-section and time series models. Prereq:
econometrics I or its equivalent.
ECON 957 - History of Economic Thought
Credits:
3.00
Traces the development of economic thought, with careful
examination and critical appraisal of the contributions
made by important figures and schools of thought.
ECON 958 - Topics in Economic Thought and Methodology
Credits:
3.00
Advanced seminar in a selected topic in economic thought
or methodology.
ECON 972 - Macroeconomics I
Credits:
3.00
Development of the major macro models and approaches to
macroeconomics: classical, Keynes' "General Theory,"
Keynesian, Monetarists, New Classical, and New Keynesian
models and views. Introduction to open economy macro and
growth models.
ECON 973 - Macroeconomics II
Credits:
3.00
Theory, empirical specification, and tests of
macroeconomic functions. National econometric models.
Theories and empirical models of the business cycle and
economic growth. Use of models for policy analysis and
forecasting. Prereq: macroeconomics I; econometrics I.
ECON 976 - Microeconomics I
Credits:
3.00
Survey and applications of modern microeconomic theory.
Analysis of households, firms, product and resource
markets, and behavior under uncertainty.
ECON 977 - Microeconomics II
Credits:
3.00
Analysis of stability, cooperative and non-cooperative
game theory, information economics, exhaustible resources,
disequilibrium, public goods, public choice, and
input-output analysis. Prereq: microeconomics I.
ECON 988 - Graduate Seminar
Credits:
2.00
Required of all first-year graduate students and
second-year Ph.D. students. Cr/F.
ECON 995 - Independent Study
Credits:
1.00 to 6.00
Prereq: permission of adviser and instructor.
ECON 996 - Research Workshop
Credits:
2.00
Required of all third-year Ph.D. students. Cr/F.
ECON 999 - Doctoral Research
Credits:
Cr/F.