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3.00 Credits
Role of government in the economy; review of microeconomics; public expenditure analysis; externalities and public goods; public choice; cost benefit analysis; income redistribution and antipoverty programs; economics of social insurance and Social Security; economics of health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and comprehensive reform; principles of taxation; economics of excise taxes; efficiency and equity; economics of the U.S. personal and corporate income tax system; tax reform proposals; consumption taxes (sales tax, value added tax, and flat tax); wealth taxes; economics of deficit finance and the government debt. Prerequisite: ECON 1001 or 1031 or 1041.
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3.00 Credits
The theory of international trade, international finance, commercial policy, balance of payments, the foreign exchange market, competitiveness in the global economy, international macroeconomics, and foreign direct investment. Emphasis on the determinants and effects of international linkages, including the roles of consumers, firms, and government policies, in the context of the international economic environment. Prerequisite: ECON 1001 or 1041.
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3.00 Credits
The relationship of legal institutions and laws to economic efficiency and social goals, such as justice. Economics of property rights, environmental control, administrative processes, contracts, and liability; public utility and antitrust regulation; individual rights and discrimination. Prerequisite: ECON 1001 or 1031.
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3.00 Credits
Labors place in the American economy; factors affecting supply and demand for labor; wage determination; unionism as a response to labor problems; industrial relations; public policy toward labor; worker alienation; history of working conditions in the U.S.Prerequisite: ECON 1001 or ECON 1031.
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3.00 Credits
Application of economic tools and concepts to the analysis of the health-care field. Effects of health care on health, hospital behavior, health workforce supply, demand for health care. Role of demographic changes in healthcare system. Methodology employed by economists to determine the economic losses suffered in cases involving death and disability. Emphasis on the U. S. and its current situation. Comparison with other countries.
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3.00 Credits
How managers make decisions about strategic variables that affect firms profits: prices, quantity and quality of final products, technology, spending on research and development, advertising, mergers and acquisitions. Also how these decisions differ under various market structures (e.g. competition, monopoly) and how they can affect these structures.
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3.00 Credits
Comparison of the economic efficiency and Jewish law approaches to business ethics, advertising and promotional activities, business pricing policies, labor relations, fair competition, government regulation of the economy, social welfare, speculation.
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3.00 Credits
Economic growth of Israel until the Yom Kippur War; stagnancy and inflation since 1974; new economic policies since 1985; Middle East oil, OPEC, and the economies of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Prerequisite: ECON 1001 or 1041.
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3.00 Credits
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
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