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  • BPUB 772: Urban Public Policy and Private Economic Development

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Pack, J. Prerequisite(s): Microeconomics. This course considers the pervasive interactions between real estate developers and government. Governments influence real estate development in many ways: through zoning laws, taxes, public expenditures, impact fees, infrastructure, building codes, environmental regulations, to name just a few. Much of the time in the course is spent understanding the effect on residential and commercial real estate development of these government interventions. As a "case study" of this interaction between government and real estate developers and markets, we will consider one of the major policy interventions currently being advocated, adopted, and considered by governments throughout the country - growth controls or smart growth to deal with the alleged problem of urban sprawl. To this end, we will consider what is meant by urban sprawl, why it is considered a problem - by whom - why growth controls are considered a solution to the problem, the possible effects of growth controls on various groups, the views of developers about both urban sprawl and growth controls. Several guest lecturers from the private, not-for-profit, and public sectors are scheduled to make presentations.
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  • BPUB 773: Urban Fiscal Policy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Inman. Prerequisite(s): MGEC 621, FNCE 601. The purpose of this course is to examine the financing of governments in the urban economy. Topics to be covered include the causes and consequences of the urban fiscal crisis, the design of optimal tax and spending policies for local governments, funding of public infrastructures and the workings of the municipal bond market, privatization of government services, and public financial systems for emerging economies. Applications include analyses of recent fiscal crises, local services and taxes as important determinants of real estate prices, the infrastructure crisis, financing and the provision of public education, and fiscal constitutions for new democracies using South Africa as an example.
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  • BPUB 777: Cost Benefit Analysis

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Pack, J. Prerequisite(s): Microeconomics. Cost benefit analysis -- the principal tool for project and policy evaluation in the public sector. For government, whose "products" are rarely sold, the valuation of costs and benefits by means alternative to market prices is necessary. It is the counterpart to cost accounting in private firms and provides guidance for avoiding wasteful projects and undertaking those that are worthwhile. Given government regulations, cost benefit evaluations are critical for many private sector activities. Real estate developers, manufacturing firms, employers of all types are required to provide evaluations of environmental impacts and of urban impacts for their proposed projects. They too must engage in cost benefit analysis, in the valuation of social benefits and costs. Government analysts, consultants, and private firms regularly carry out cost benefit analyses for major investments -- bridges, roads, transit systems, convention centers, sports stadia, dams -- as well as regulatory activities - OSHA workplace safety regulations and the Clean Air Act are two important examples.
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  • BPUB 784: Managerial Economics and Game Theory

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Thomas. Prerequisite(s): Intermediate microeconomics. It is expected that the student has been introduced to some basic game theory. There will be a quick review of the basics and some recommended supplemental readings for those who have little or no background in game theory. The purpose of this minicourse is to develop students' abilities to apply game theory to decision making. Development of the tools of game theory and the application of those tools is emphasized. Game theory has become an important tool for managers and consultants in analyzing and implementing tactical as well as strategic actions. This course will primarily focus on examples useful for developing competitive strategy in the private sector (pricing and product strategy, capacity choices, contracting and negotiating, signaling and bluffing, takeover strategy, etc.). Game theory can also be used to address problems relevant to a firm's organizational strategy (e.g. internal incentives and information flow within a firm) and to a firm's nonmarket environment (e.g., strategic trade policies, litigation and regulation strategy).
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  • BPUB 788: International Industrial Development Strategies

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Pack, H. Prerequisite(s): Wharton Managerial Economics or an undergraduate intermediate microeconomics course. The course analyzes the problems of emerging markets. The course considers the industrialization strategies they have chosen and the recent financial and macroeconomic problems they have encountered. Particular emphasis will be given to the recent problems of Latin American and Asian countries that experienced rapid growth for considerable periods only to encounter major reversals in the last half of the 1990s. The implications of this experience for the private and public sectors will be considered in detail. The role of foreign aid, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in dealing with crises in developing countries will be explored in detail.
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  • BPUB 789: Nations,Politics,and Markets

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Pack, H. Prerequisite(s): FNCE 602. This course is designed for students who are interested in pursuing an international career and for those who plan to work for industrial and financial corporations that operate in emerging markets. The course will deal with the economic and political problems of macroeconomic adjustment, corruption, the transition economies, and international financial transactions. All of these topics will be illustrated with in-depth studies of economies in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and China.
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  • BPUB 798: Privatization:An International Perspective

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Choksi. Prerequisite(s): None. Privatization is sweeping the globe. The redefinition of boundaries between the public and private sectors creates new and exciting opportunities for businesses and policy makers. This course will review the international experience with privatization -- the Thatcher privatizations of the 1980s, the current sale of electric utilities, airlines, and telecommunication companies in emerging and developed economies. We will also analyze the ongoing transformation of post Communist countries. Students will learn how to value state-owned assets using real option value techniques. We will discuss bidding strategies in privatization auctions. The last part of the course offers an introduction to project finance as a new form of cooperation between the public and private sectors.
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  • BPUB 899: The Economic & Fin. Crisi

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    This class analyzes the causes and consequences of the current economic and financial crisis, and provides a forum for the discussion and analysis of the policy options available. The class consists of a well-structured series series of interactive lectures by Wharton or Penn faculty specializing in the economic, financial, policy, and political aspects of the crisis, both in the United States and around the world. Topics will include the macroeconomic aspects of the crisis, financial innovation, global contagion, the role of central banks and multilateral agencies, and the impact of the crisis on banks,stock markets, insurance, and private equity. Material from the United States, Europe, Japan, China, Russia, Latin America, and the Middle East will be discussed. Format: Lecture, five 5-page reaction papers. Prerequisites: None. This class analyzes the causes and consequences of the current economic and f
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  • BPUB 900: Research Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Waldfogel. Prerequisite(s): None. Permission of instructor required. After doctoral students complete their coursework they typically learn how to do research in two ways, by watching others present research (see BPUB 962, which gives course credit for participating in the Wharton Applied Economics Seminar), and by preparing and presenting their own research. This course is meant to provide a venue where Wharton doctoral students whose work has an applied economic flavor can present their research as it progresses. We will meet weekly, on Thursdays at noon for student research presentations. The course provides a venue for moving research forward, including both papers assigned for other classes and research leading toward a dissertation. This course aims to bring students a hands-on understanding of the research process itself, and the course is appropriate for all doctoral students with applied microeconomic interests who have completed at least one year of their doctoral program. This one-credit course meets Thursdays 12-1:20. Our first (organizational) meeting is the first Thursday of the semester. We will determine our meeting frequency based on enrollment and the timing of student presentations. Our expectations of students' research presentations vary with students' progress in their respective programs.
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  • BPUB 911: Empirical Public Policy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    White. Prerequisite(s): A graduate-level statistics or econometrics course. This course examines econometric research on a variety of topics related to public policy, with the goal of preparing students to undertake academic-caliber research. The course is not an econometrics or statistics course per se; rather, it focuses on research designs with observational data and how econometric techniques are applied in practice. The course aims to train students to do applied economic research that involves measuring effects of theoretical or practical interest. It proceeds in two major parts. The first part examines endogeneity and inference about causal relationships, instrumental variables methods and critiques, and panel data methods. The second part of the course addresses 'structural' econometric modeling. Topics covered in this part include sorting and selection, entry models, and counterfactual analyses of policy changes. The course proceeds by analyzing, in detail, approximately 24 well-known empirical research papers in applied economics or related fields. These include public economics and tax policy, labor economics, law and economics, health care policy, industrial organization and competition, transportation demand and policy, and others. The course is participatory in nature. Students are required to prepare research proposals and to complete an empirical research paper that can develop into (part of) a dissertation.
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