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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Examines a series of major issues of policy designed to illustrate and develop skills in particularly important applications of microeconomics. Topics will include education and training, the minimum wage, mandated benefits, affirmative action, the theory of public goods and externalities, and the basic theory of taxation. Prerequisite: 511b.
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This course employs the methods of microeconomics, industrial organization and law and economics to study where market failures warrant gov't intervention with policies implemented through the law or regulatory agencies. Topics include antitrust policy toward business practices and vertical and horizontal combinations; policy approaches toward R&D and intellectual property; reliance on tort law, disclosure law, and regulatory standards to mitigate information and externality problems pertaining to health, safety, and performance risks; and the implications for pricing, entry, and investment of different forms of public utility regulation.
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An extension of 512c, the course covers specific topics such as economic growth, political institutions and policy choices, the welfare state and redistribution, unemployment, regulation and corruption, the behavior of asset markets, the economics of happiness, monetary policy, the budget and state of the US economy. A central aim of the course is to show how modern theoretical and quantitative methods can be useful in analyzing important macroeconomic policy issues.
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Analyzes government involvement in "market failures"; externalities (corrective tolls for congestion, environmental damage); "natural" monopolies (infrastructure- telecommunication, electricity-regulation and pricing); efficiency and equity aspects of excise and income taxes; and alternative social security structures and reform proposals in the U.S. and other countries. Prerequisite: 511c.
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This course explores new perspectives that may help policymakers determine when race is a useful poverty policy design element and when it is is not. Whether it is racially targeted or not, is the policy robust, rather than marginal, in its effect on both poverty and racial difference? Does it match its target group's self-perception of what is wrong and what is to be done? We also introduce a concept we term `racial group ideology' and we consider its usefulness for policy design. The course will cover TANF, child support enforcement, wage growth and income support, family structure, education and housing.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Seminar focuses on the evolution and revitalization of America's cities. Course concentrates on the public policy and real-world dynamics that help explain the origins, fortunes and fate of cities; examines the lifecycle of cities and their neighborhoods, the forces that drove their decline, the policies and players that have spearheaded their revival, the reasons why some communities have yet to recover, the public policy conflicts and community tensions that arise when revitalization and gentrification get traction, and the potentially transformative impact of the recent economic meltdown.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This seminar uses the recent experience of NJ state government to examine federalism's impact on state governance. Topics include K-12 and higher education; health care; energy and the environment; transportation and infrastructure; and the state budget. Students focus on the interplay between state and federal funding sources and regulatory structures, and disparities between and within states in the provision of social services. Course material is primary-source intensive, with a focus on the years 2006-2010.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Course analyzes the behavior of private businesses when operating in the public sphere. We first study how businesses respond to non-governmental challenges to their market behavior such as pressure from private activists and negative media coverage. We then analyze the strategies that businesses pursue to actively influence the political institutions - legislatures, bureaucracies, and courts - that set the 'rules of the game' under which businesses compete. Course is taught using a combination of case studies and theoretical frameworks that examine how business managers approach nonmarket challenges.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
What do leaders actually do? What kinds of traits are important for successful leadership? How do followers influence the behavior of leaders? And what impact does exercising power have on your personality? The course draws from classical political theory (including Plato, Machiavelli, and Max Weber), current "leadership literature," and case studies of decision-making. Among the topics considered are expertise and collaboration, responsibility and accountability, women and leadership, and leadership in various kinds of organizations.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Introduction to the theory and practice of planning. Analysis and discussion are devoted to planning models, planning decisions, and alternative planning roles. Focused study of comprehensive and strategic planning, community participation, new urbanism concepts, equity concerns, and planning at local, regional, and state levels.
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