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Focus is the allocation of natural resources over time. The technique of dynamic optimization is used to explore the management of both renewable and non-renewable resources. Topics covered include ocean fisheries, forest resources in the northeastern U.S., stock pollutants and oil depletion. Emphasizes both the algebraic specification and numerical solution of resource management problems. Applied mathematical analysis is done using Microsoft Excel with Solver. Develops an economic intuition for dynamic optimization problems, along with the ability to solve and interpret numerical optimization problems. It is assumed that students are familiar with intermediate microeconomic theory, introductory calculus and Microsoft Excel. Prerequisites: ECON 360 and 366, MATH 220 or 221. Suggested prerequisite: ECON 331.
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3.00 Credits
Theories of international trade, tariffs, import quotas, commercial policies and agreements. Foreign trade, trade policies of the United States. GATT, NAFTA, EC and other world economic organizations. Prerequisites: ECON 360 and 366.
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Topics covered in this course are the balance of payments, exchange rate determination, monetary and fiscal policies for external stability, capital mobility, and the international monetary system. Various policy questions such as persistent U.S. deficit in the balance of payments, the debt crisis of developing countries, the European Currency Unit, etc., are explored along with theories. Prerequisites: ECON 362 and 366.
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3.00 Credits
Relationship between behavior of firm and market structure: how these relationships affect public welfare and are regulated by social intervention. Prerequisites: ECON 360 and 366.
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3.00 Credits
Issues of economic organization, such as coordination and motivation. Problems of contracts, information and incentives. Emphasis on both basic concepts and case studies. Examination of differences across countries and historical periods. Prerequisites: ECON 360 and 366.
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3.00 Credits
Investment decisions for businesses and households, involving a knowledge of security market operations and investment theory. Prerequisites: ECON 360 and 366, MATH 220 or 221.
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3.00 Credits
Labor supply; determinants of population growth, labor force participation, education, training and health of labor force. Specific labor market problems: wage determination, labor's share of national income, unemployment, impact of unions. Prerequisites: ECON 360 and 366, MATH 220 or 221.
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3.00 Credits
Government as the agency that corrects for market defects. Theories of public goods, externalities and Pareto optimal redistribution of income. Topics in the modeling of government and public choice, including economic analysis of coalition formation, governmental size, behavior of voters, behavior of political representatives, parties and bureaucrats, and support for certain types of legislation, including regulation. Prerequisites: ECON 360 and 366.
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3.00 Credits
Criteria for evaluation of tax structures: concepts of economic efficiency and equity. Evaluation of contemporary U.S. federal, state and local tax structures using these criteria; role of tax reform. Study of effects of personal income, corporate income, consumption, excise, social security and property or wealth taxes on choices made by economic agents. Evaluation of alternative methods of governmental finance such as inflation and debt financing. Prerequisites: ECON 360 and 366, MATH 220 or 221.
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3.00 Credits
Consideration of economic analysis of law; economic reasoning behind law of property, contracts, crimes and torts. Economics of property rights. Contractarian analyses of development of constitutions. Public regulations: their economic bases and effects. Law and distribution of income and wealth. Economic analyses of court system and bail procedures, crime and its punishment. Prerequisites: ECON 360 and 366.
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