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2.00 Credits
Focuses on the policy and economic environment of firms. Subject divided in three parts: study of the closed economy and how monetary and fiscal policy interacts with employment, GNP, inflation, and interest rates; examination of national economic strategies for development and growth, and study of the recent financial and currency crises in emerging markets; study of the problems faced by transition economies and the role of institutions both as the engine of growth, and as the constraints for policy. Restricted to Sloan Fellows in Innovation and Global Leadership.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Develops an understanding of the economic factors that shape and influence the markets for real property. Includes an analysis of housing as well as commercial real estate, and covers demographic analysis, regional growth, construction cycles, urban land markets and location theory. Exercises and modeling techniques for measuring and predicting property demand, supply, vacancy and prices.
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Prereq: 14.01, 15.010, or 15.011
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3.00 Credits
Introduces scientific, economic, and ecological issues underlying the threat of global climate change, and the institutions engaged in negotiating an international response. Develops an integrated approach to analysis of climate change processes, and assessment of proposed policy measures, drawing on research and model development within the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. Graduate students are expected to explore the topic in greater depth through reading and individual research.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: Calculus II (GIR); 5.60; 14.01 or 15.010; or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Develops facility with concepts, language, and analytical tools of economics. Primary focus on microeconomics, analysis of markets and strategic interactions among firms. Emphasizes integration of theory, data, and judgment in the analysis of corporate decisions, and in the assessment of the changing global business environment. Restricted to MIT Sloan Fellows in Innovation and Global Leadership.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: Permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Develops and applies principles of game theory relevant to managers' strategic decisions. Topics include how to reason about strategies; "irrational" actions, reputation, and beliefs; entry deterrence; strategic substitutes and complements; brinkmanship and negotiation; and auctions. Applications to a variety of business decisions that arise in different industries.
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Prereq: 15.010
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3.00 Credits
Introduces scientific, economic, and ecological issues underlying the threat of global climate change, and the institutions engaged in negotiating an international response. Develops an integrated approach to analysis of climate change processes, and assessment of proposed policy measures, drawing on research and model development within the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. Graduate students are expected to explore the topic in greater depth through reading and individual research. 12.340 recommended.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: Calculus II (GIR); 5.60; 14.01 or 15.010; or permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Structured around choices and constraints regarding sources and uses of energy by households, firms, and governments, introduces managerial, economic, political, social and cultural frameworks for describing and explaining behavior at various levels of aggregation. Includes examples of cost-benefit, organizational and institutional analyses of energy generation, distribution, and consumption. Topics include the role of markets and prices; financial analysis of energy-related investments; institutional path dependence; economic and political determinants of government regulation and the impact of regulation on decisions; and other forms of government action and social norms regarding desired behavior and opportunities for businesses and consumers, including feedback into the political/regulatory system. Examples drawn from a wide range of countries and settings.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.01 or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Provides an in-depth and interdisciplinary look at electric power systems, focusing on regulation as the link among engineering, economic, legal and environmental viewpoints. Explores a range of topics, such as generation dispatch, demand response, optimal network flows, wholesale and retail electricity supply, renewable generation, risk allocation, reliability of service, tariff design, transmission policy, distributed generation, rural electrification, and environmental sustainability issues, all under both traditional and competitive regulatory frameworks. Background in policy, microeconomics, or engineering required.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Enables students to understand and conduct careful empirical work using regression analysis as used in business fields such as finance, marketing and strategy, as well as in general business planning and forecasting. Emphasizes model formulation, intuition, and critical evaluation of results. Learning is primarily through empirical work done by student groups; delivered through problem sets, short write-ups, presentations and debates.
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Prereq: None
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4.00 Credits
Theoretical and empirical perspectives on individual and industrial demand for energy, energy supply, energy markets, and public policies affecting energy markets. Discusses aspects of the oil, natural gas, electricity, and nuclear power sectors. Examines energy tax, price regulation, deregulation, energy efficiency and policies for controlling pollution and CO2 emissions. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 60.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.01
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