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4.00 Credits
Presents an introduction to the modern game theory, focusing on its use in economics. Main ideas of game theory are introduced and illustrated using examples from industrial organization, labor economics, and macroeconomics.
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4.00 Credits
Voting theory, social choice, mechanism design, bargaining theory, cooperative game theory, equitable cost allocation, fair division, welfare analysis of taxation, public expenditures and risk bearing. This course offers a rigorous approach to normative economics. Students should have an interest and ability to work with abstract mathematics and axiomatic reasoning.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to multiple regression techniques with focus on economic applications. Discusses extensions to discrete response, panel data, and time series models, as well as issues such as omitted variables, missing data, sample selection, randomized and quasi-experiments, and instrumental variables. Aims to provide students with an understanding of and ability to apply econometric and statistical methods using computer packages.
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4.00 Credits
Topics include elements of statistical decision theory and related experimental evidence; some game theory and related experimental evidence; maximum likelihood; logit, normal, probit, and ordered probit regression models; panel data models with random effects; omitted variable bias and random assignment; incidental parameters and conditional likelihood; demand and supply.
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4.00 Credits
Statistical methods discussed for inferring causal effects from data from randomized experiments or observational studies. Students will develop expertise to assess the credibility of causal claims and the ability to apply the relevant statistical methods for causal analyses. Examples will come from many disciplines: economics, education, other social sciences, epidemiology, and biomedical science. Evaluations of job training programs, educational voucher schemes, changes in laws such as minimum wage laws, medical treatments, smoking, military service.
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4.00 Credits
Overview of the development of economic activity in the world, primarily in the past 200 years. Topics include: Patterns of economicdevelopment; The Malthusian economy; European colonial expansion; The Agricultural Revolution and Industrial Revolution; Rise of the American economy and settler economies; New ways of producing; The Great Depression; World Wars and economy; Eras of globalization; Japan and the Asian miracle; State planning and market economies; The Great Divergence; Costs of economic development.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of world economic history since the Neolithic revolution. It analyzes the main theories which have been proposed to explain these facts. Questions discussed are: why did the Neolithic revolution happen earlier in some parts of the world than others? Why did some societies which were initially very successful economically, subsequently decline? What caused the British industrial revolution? Why did the US become the most successful economy in the 19th century?
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to economic history broadly construed, focusing on economicgrowth and development. Covers topics such as the industrial revolution,institutions and property rights, financial markets and regulation, the1930s Great Depression, migration and labor markets, inequality, health, andenvironmental change. Emphasis on students learning to generate andimplement ideas for new research.
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4.00 Credits
This course will analyze the role of media in political and economic development. Topics covered are the history of the relationship between media and the state, media and democracy today, laws governing the media and its practice, legal and political pressures on the media, media as an economic object, ownership of media and its effects, media coverage on elections and in developing countries, competition and truth in the market for news, the current mainstream media, and journalistic ethics.
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4.00 Credits
Building on insights from Behavioral Decision Making and Development Economics, the course provides a framework for understanding to what degree public policy and management can close these gender gaps. Using program evaluation techniques, students learn how to combine analysis and data to design and test specific interventions. The alternative format maximizes student learning, interaction with faculty and guest experts, and opportunities to share insights with decision makers in the field.
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