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3.00 Credits
08F, 09W, 09F, 10W: 9, 10 This course uses economic analysis to understand contemporary issues in low-income countries. We consider why extreme poverty and hunger, child mortality, low-levels of education, gender inequality, environmental degradation, high fertility, and child labor are pervasive in the developing world. We also examine the economic consequences of globalization and infectious diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS. For each topic, we seek to understand the factors and constraints influencing decision-making in developing countries. We use this understanding to discuss the role of markets, civil organizations, government policy, and international institutions. Prerequisites: Economics 1 and 10 or equivalent. Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: NW. Kruger.
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3.00 Credits
09W, 10W: 11 This course examines competition and monopoly in American industry from both theoretical and empirical viewpoints. Further, the course analyzes specific aspects of antitrust policy ( e.g., the treatment of monopoly, of collusion among firms, and of mergers), including an appraisal of present policies and of alternative antitrust approaches. Prerequisite: Economics 1, or permission of the instructor. Dist: SOC. Scott.
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3.00 Credits
08F, 09S: 11, 1209X: 12, 209F, 10S: 11, 12 This course examines the nature and function of financial intermediaries (e.g., banks, mutual funds, and insurance companies) and of securities markets (e.g., the money and capital markets and the market for derivatives). It analyzes liquidity and risk management and studies the efficiency, stability, and regulation of the financial system. Prerequisite: Economics 1. Dist: SOC. Kohn, Lusardi, Zinman.
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09S, 10S: 9 This course studies the economic behavior of employers and employees as they interact in the labor market. The class will move beyond the basics of labor supply and demand to cover such topics as human capital investment, the structure and determinants of financial compensation and benefits packages, contract negotiations and arbitration. Additionally, since many of the pressing problems facing the United States are labor market issues, this course will provide a basis for better understanding of nationally-debated issues such as reforms of the welfare system, the income tax system, immigration policy, and affirmative action programs. Prerequisite: Economics 1. Dist: SOC. Anderson.
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3.00 Credits
08F: 209X: 10A09F: 2 This course consists of the study of the public economy of the United States at the national, state, and local levels. The course is divided into the microeconomic topics of resource allocation and income distribution. The macroeconomic impact of selected tax and expenditure policies is also studied. Particular topics may include the rationale for government activity, theories of collective decision-making, cost-benefit analysis, and the efficiency and incidence of various tax structures. Prerequisites: Economics 1 and Economics 21, or permission of the instructor. Dist: SOC. Skinner, Wheelan.
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3.00 Credits
08F: 9, 1009W: 11, 1209S, 09F: 9, 1010W: 11, 1210S: 9, 10 This course covers introductory material in the area of international monetary theory and policy. It examines the behavior of international financial markets, the balance of payments and exchange rates, interactions between the balance of payments, the exchange rate and domestic economic activity and ways of organizing the international monetary system. Prerequisite: Economics 22 or permission of the instructor. Dist: SOC or INT. Marion, Shambaugh.
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3.00 Credits
09W, 10W: 10A, 2A Game theory is the study of strategic behavior in situations in which the decision makers are aware of the interdependence of their actions. This course introduces the basic notions of game theory with an emphasis on economic applications. The topics covered are static and dynamic games with complete information; static and dynamic games with incomplete information; and the refinements of equilibrium concepts. The main applications will be in industrial organization: examples include competition and cooperation in the Cournot and Bertrand oligopoly, durable goods monopolist, entry deterrence, predation, price discrimination, and commitment. Applications to other fields, such as job market signaling, efficiency wages, bargaining, provision of public goods, and monetary policy, will be discussed as well. Prerequisites: Economics 10, 21 and Mathematics 3, or permission of the instructor. Dist: SOC. Snyder.
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3.00 Credits
08F, 09W, 09S, 09F, 10W, 10S: 10A, 2A This course studies decision making under risk and uncertainty, capital budgeting and investment decisions, portfolio theory and the valuation of risky assets, efficiency of capital markets, option pricing, and problems of asymmetric information. Prerequisites: Economics 10, 21, and 26, or permission of the instructor. Dist: SOC. Samwick, Papaioannou.
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3.00 Credits
08F, 09F: 11 This course is about the location of economic activities. The central focus is on urban areas and attendant problems in public economics, but some attention is given to agricultural, natural resource, and environmental issues. Topics include housing markets, transportation, local government structure, property taxes, resource depletion, and zoning and land use controls. Economics 72 may be substituted for Economics 38 in the Economics 28-38 sequence. Prerequisite: Economics 1. Dist: SOC. Fischel.
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3.00 Credits
08F, 09W, 09S, 09F, 10W, 10S: 9, 10 This course deals with the causes and consequences of international trade and factor movements. Topics covered include theories of why nations trade, the consequences of trade for economic welfare and the distribution of income, the determinants of trade patterns, the tariff and other forms of commercial policy, trade policies of selected countries, and the formation of the multinational corporation. Prerequisite: Economics 1. Dist: SOC or INT. Chaudhury, Irwin, Pavcnik.
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