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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECONG - 620. This course is intended to be taken by Master's students in International and Development Economics in the Spring semester to prepare students for Summer field research. The course covers a variety of topics including sampling methods, field interview techniques, planning an empirical research strategy, ethical issues, importance of the protection of human subjects, and advice for maintaining proper health and safety during field research.
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3.00 Credits
This course, intended for graduate students, will help students learn how to find and manipulate statistical and economic data found on the Internet. The course is an especially important tool for graduate students who are about to enter the job market in areas such as macroeconomics and finance. This course will teach students how to find and utilize data such as that measuring GDP, inflation, and unemployment statistics.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECONG - 620. A topics-oriented course exploring econometric issues and techniques specific to financial economics. Previous topics include facts of the Cap-M model and for random walks in financial markets. Offered every Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECONG - 620. An applied econometrics course where students with a foundation in regression analysis learn to apply more advanced econometric techniques in their analysis of data. Topics covered include selection bias, simultaneity issues, panel data and time series regression.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECONG - 620. Advanced Applied Econometrics covers recent developments in econometrics in the areas of instrumental variable and panel data estimation, discontinuity design, non-parametric estimation, and time series analysis with an emphasis on applications in international and development economics.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECONG - 601 or corequisite. Monetary policy, financial markets and institutions, competition, market efficiency, innovation and institutional changes, properties of various financial instruments, impact on savings, investment, and capital formation. Offered every Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECONG - 602 or corequisite. This course emphasizes the institutional structure of banking, government regulation of banking, and government control of the money supply and economic activity. We focus on the needs and processes underlying money and financial markets to understand how and why financial markets and institutions are in a constant state of evolution and the consequences for effective government policies. Offered every Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECONG - 615. Options, futures and other derivative contracts are widely used to manage risk by businesses and financial institutions. This course provides students with a solid understanding of 1) the economic functions of futures, forwards and options, 2) the operation of the futures and options markets, 3) the pricing of futures, options and other derivatives, and 4) basic strategies in trading options. Offered every Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECONG - 601. Survey of market structure, conduct, and performance of industry and the economics of regulation and anti-trust laws. Offered every Spring.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ECONUG - 311 or Permission of the Instructor. This course introduces modern laboratory experimental methods to students with well-developed interests in economics and with an intermediate-level knowledge of microeconomics and statistics. The course will examine experimental techniques in detail and will survey recent applications in fields such as markets, development, choice under certainty and games. Students will use the lessons to conduct original research and set up their own experiment.
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