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  • ECON 243: The Political Economy of Gender,Race,and Class

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Matthaei An introduction to radical economic analysis of contemporary, globalizing capitalism. Analysis of race, class, and gender, and of their inter-connections. Radical economic critiques of current neoliberal economic policies. Study and critique of contemporary radical economic movements, including the environmental movement; the movements for socially responsible consumption, investment, business, and work; and the antiglobalization or globalization from below movement. Prerequisite: 101 or 102 or permission of the instructor Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • ECON 250: Research or Individual Study

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: Open by permission to students who have taken 101 and 102. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • ECON 250H: Research or Individual Study

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: Open by permission to students who have taken 101 and 102. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 0.5
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  • ECON 300: Mathematics for Economics

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. In this course, students will apply mathematical techniques in economic analysis. Students are expected to have a good knowledge of calculus and will be introduced to topics in linear algebra, differential equations, and static and dynamic optimi-zation. Emphasis will be placed on economic applications including maximization decisions of consumers and producers, comparative statistics, phase diagram analysis of dynamic systems, and basic features of dynamic optimization. Prerequisites: 201 and 202, MATH 205. MATH 206 recommended. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • ECON 301: Advanced Microeconomic Analysis

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Skeath Further development and application of the tools of analysis developed in 201 (Intermediate Micro). Students will study advanced topics in consumer and producer theory, particularly addressing the existence of risk, uncertainty, asymmetric information and noncompetitive mar-ket structures. Other areas to be covered include general-equilibrium analysis, game theory, and prospect theory. Prerequisite: 201. MATH 205 recommended. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • ECON 304: Seminar.New Institutional Economic History NOT OFFERED IN

    10.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    This course will investigate the evolution of economic institutions throughout the world over the past 1,000 years. We will consider a broad range of institutional questions and use evidence from historical episodes in their analysis. How are effec-tive trading rules created (evidence from the eleventh-century Maghribi traders) How does a government become ?credible? (evidence from seventeenth-century England) Why have Blacks consistently earned less than Whites (evidence from nineteenth- and twentieth-century America) What are the effects of governmental tampering with housing prices (evidence from early twentieth-century Hong Kong) Prerequisite: 201 and 203 Distribution: Historical Studies or Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • ECON 306: Economic Organizations in U.S.History

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Hilt This course will use the insights of organization theory to analyze the development of the U.S. economy. The main topics to be examined will include: the evolution of the U.S. banking and financial system, and the institutional changes underlying each phase of its develop-ment; the contractual foundations of business organizations, and the choice between partnerships and the corporate form; the rise of big business and the great merger wave of the 1890s, and the legal changes that made these developments possible; and the regulatory in-novations of the Securities and Exchange Commission in the 1930s. The course will employ a variety of sophisticated theoretical and em-pirical methods in analyzing these developments, and will present them in comparative international perspective. Prerequisite: 201, 202 and 203 Distribution: Historical Studies or Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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  • ECON 310: Public Economics

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Coile This course explores the reasons for government intervention in the economy and the responses of households and firms to the govern-ment's actions. Economic models and empirical research are used to analyze tax policies and spending programs. Topics include the ef-fect of taxes on savings and labor supply, externalities and public goods, and social insurance programs such as social security and un-employment insurance. Prerequisite: 201 and 203 Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • ECON 311: Economics of Immigration

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Butcher This course examines the economic causes and consequences of international migration, both historically and in the present, with a focus on the U.S. experience. We explore changes in immigration law over time and the political debates surrounding immigration in the past and present. Topics include: the effect of immigrants on the wages of the native born, immigrants' use of welfare and other social services and immigrants' involvement in crime and their treatment in the criminal justice system. In each case, students will discuss the popular perception, the theory, and the empirical evidence, with a focus on the public policy alternatives for dealing with each issue . Prerequisite: 201 and 203 Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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  • ECON 312: Economics of Globalization

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Joyce The process of globalization has aroused great controversy. This course examines the reasons for the integration across borders of the markets in goods and the factors of production, and the consequences of these trends. In the first part of the course we discuss the mean-ings, measurement and history of globalization. We then investigate the rationale and record of international trade, the immigration of labor and global financial flows. We examine issues related to international public goods, and the need for collective solutions to such global problems as pandemics and pollution. We also investigate the records of international governmental organizations. Prerequisite: 201 Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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