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Bridges gap between economic theory and real world data by giving students guided experience in answering real research questions using real data, drawing examples from the literature. Oral presentations and written summary/critiques of published papers in a workshop setting. Work with cross-section and panel data sets, with the aim of learning to manage such data and give credible answers to research questions by coping with problems such as omitted variable and selection bias, unobserved differences across agents, and endogeneity. Research questions drawn from Labor, family, and public economics. Prerequisites: ECON 105D and ECON 139D. Instructor: McElroy
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Examines issues in personal investment strategies. Emphasis on portfolio selection. Topics include behavioral finance, mutual funds, data-mining, diversification, dollar cost averaging, efficient market hypothesis, equity premium, exchange-traded funds, expenses and transaction costs, Islamic funds, junk bonds, inflation indexed bonds, life cycle investing, market timing, passive versus active investing, predicting performance, pumping performance, rebalancing, sector funds, stock market anomalies, survivorship bias, tax managed investing, time zone arbitrage, and Tobin's Q. Reading/discussion. Research paper and midterm/final exams. Prerequisites: Econ 105D and Econ 110D. Instructor: Tower
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Grameen Bank and founder Muhammad Yunus won a Nobel Peace Prize for innovations in poverty alleviation through microfinance. Microfinancing as a development tool and agent of social change has spread to developing countries and has been adapted for use in developed nations. Focus on historical/theoretical basis of microfinance, review empirical findings regarding the success of microfinance. Students gain factual/historical information concerning development of the ¿microfinance revolution,¿ learn basic theoretical/analytical tools needed to design microfinance programs, and engage in critical thinking regarding recent debates in field of microfinance. Prerequisites: Econ 105D and 110D. Instructor: Miller
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Explores historical basis for regulation of public utilities, with focus on energy utilities, from an economic and legal perspective. Application of standard monopoly microeconomics leading to rate of return regulation is developed leading to discussion of evolution of economic thought on electric power system economics and changes in some states to ¿deregulate¿ the regulation of electricity markets. Case studies of recent developments in these markets, market clearing entities (e.g. PJM), basis for location marginal pricing, measures of market power, and pricing of capacity and reliability. Prerequisites: Econ 105D and 110D. Instructor: Boyd
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Course examines monetary/financial crises plaguing world since 16th century. Analyzes origin, unfolding, and impact of crises, debates generated by them, and formulation/implementation of policy measures. Pays attention to international implications/connections on European and Asian money supply, banking and credit systems; reaction to South Sea Bubble and John Law Credit Systems in numerous European nations; experiments with paper money in America; rise and demise of the gold standard in the 19th and 20th century; currency and exchange rate problems of the last three decades. Case studies will be selected and assigned according to participants¿ interests. Prerequisites: Econ 105D and 110D. Instructor: Zanalda
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Theoretical/empirical tools and techniques in financial econometrics for modeling conditional distribution in discrete time. Topics include modeling conditional mean through ARMA models, variance through GARCH models, exploring alternative distribution to capture conditional asymmetry and Fat-tail. Models applied to Finance to measure value-at-risk of a portfolio, price European option and forecast term structure of interest rate. Individual research projects will advance overall understanding of conditional density modeling/testing, with possibility of continuing as senior honors thesis. Prerequisites: Econ 139D and one 100-level Econ finance elective. Instructor: Staff
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Topics differ by section. Prerequisite: Economics 55D. Instructor: Staff
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Seminar version of Economics 100. Topics differ by section. Prerequisite: Economics 55D. Instructor: Staff
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Economic, political, and philosophical perspectives on distributive justice and the problems in each discipline raised by variations on the prisoner's dilemma. Classic texts include Hobbes and Hume, Smith and Marx, Mill and Rawls. Gateway course to the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics certificate program. Joint course with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill so may be offered on both campuses during the semester. Prerequisites: Economics 1D or Economic 51D and Philosophy 107 or Political Science 123. Instructor: Brennan, Munger, or Rosenberg
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Capstone course open only to students in the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics program. Integrates and synthesizes the analytical framework and factual studies provided in other PPE courses. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff
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