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4.00 Credits
This seminar familiarizes students with economic analysis applied to the health-care sector of the economy. Topics covered include problems such as escalating medical care costs, health care for the uninsured, Medicare and Medicaid reform, and national health insurance. Course includes an international comparison of health-care systems. Prerequisite: Economics 280 or permission of instructor. POWELL.
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4.00 Credits
Analysis of labor markets in theory and practice. Topics include education, labor market structure, discrimination, labor unions, collective bargaining, income distribution, and unemployment. Prerequisite: Economics 280 and 282, or permission of instructor. MONTGOMERY.
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4.00 Credits
This course will familiarize students with the theory and application of economics to environmental problems and prepare them to analyze issues in environmental economics and policy. It will focus on the design of costeffective environmental policies and on methods for determining the value of environmental amenities. Prerequisite: Economics 280, and concurrent registration in or completion of Economics 262, or Economics 312, or Mathematics 336; or permission of instructor. BROUHLE
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4.00 Credits
This course begins with the premise that many economic interactions are "political" in the sense that coalitions of participants, whose interest may differ,can influence important economic, or market, outcomes. In this regard, the course will explore tendencies toward competition, cooperation, and conflict, and their relationship to economic constraints imposed by the forces of supply and demand, as they operate in various market and institutional arenas, such as labor markets or the national economy. The course will examine relevant theories of incomplete contracting under conditions of imperfect information with some attention to game theory, and then apply these concepts to contemporary problems concerning employment, economic growth, and the distribution of income and wealth. Prerequisite: Economics 280 and 282, or permission of instructor. FERGUSON.
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4.00 Credits
Processes of growth and change in developing societies. Both theoretical and empirical modes of analysis introduced in the literature covered. Topics chosen from among population growth, agricultural development, industrialization, investment in human capital vs. physical capital, the balanced-unbalanced growth controversy, noneconomic factors in development and underdevelopment. Prerequisite: Economics 282 or permission of instructor. STAFF.
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4.00 Credits
International trade theory and policy. Explanations of the pattern of trade, possible gains from trade, effects on income distribution and trends over time. Import restrictions, export promotion, and strategic government intervention. Operations of multinational corporations, migration, trade blocs, WTO negotiations, and other current topics. Prerequisite: Economics 280 or permission of instructor. MUTTI.
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4.00 Credits
International financial relationships and macroeconomic policy. Financial markets, exchange rate determination, and the balance of payments. Trade balance adjustments, international capital flows, and domestic macroeconomic goals. Exchange rate regimes, currency blocs, debt crises, and other current topics. Prerequisite: Economics 282 or permission of instructor. MUTTI.
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4.00 Credits
Examination of the distribution of income and wealth in the U.S., as well as the conflicting explanations of economic inequality and policy debates. Topics include economic trends affecting U.S. workers, racial and sexual inequality, and poverty. Prerequisite: Economics 280 and 282, or permission of instructor. SEIZ.
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4.00 Credits
Analysis of how monetary and financial institutions affect the growth and stability of the American economy. Theoretical controversies and evidence about relations between money and the real sector of the economy, portfolio selection among financial assets and liabilities, and financial aspects of the inflation process. Current issues in effective use of monetary policies. Prerequisite: Economics 282 or permission of instructor. STAFF.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the relationships between structure, conduct, and performance in the American economy. The seminar includes work with basic I/O theory, antitrust laws and litigation, industry studies, and alternative approaches to understanding corporate behavior in the American economy. Prerequisite: Economics 280 and 286, or permission of instructor. MUNYON.
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