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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course analyzes the causes and consequences of international trade and investment. We investigate why nations trade, what they trade, and who gains from this trade. We then analyze the motives for countries or organizations to restrict or regulate international trade and study the effects of such policies on economic welfare. Topics covered will include the effects of trade on economic growth and wage inequality, multinationals and foreign direct investment, international trade agreements and current trade policy disputes.
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This course studies the macroeconomics of open economies under various exchange-rate regimes. It examines the functioning of currency markets, how international linkages affect macroeconomic behavior and workings of monetary and fiscal policies, and the roles of investors and speculators in spot and forward currency markets. It reviews the evolution of the monetary system and studies current policy problems, including the global roles of the dollar, euro, and yen, the benefits and costs of European monetary union, currency and debt crises in emerging-market countries, the activities of the IMF, and proposals for reform of the monetary system.
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This course surveys the field of investments with special emphasis on the valuation of financial assets. Issues studied include how portfolios of assets should be formed, how to measure and control risk, how to evaluate investment performance and how to test alternative investment strategies and asset pricing models.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course investigates the financing decisions of companies and financial institutions in the wider context of the workings of financial markets. Topics include capital budgeting, capital structure choice, risk management, liquidity, corporate governance, and the interactions between corporate finance and the workings of financial institutions and markets.
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Modern economic theory is used to analyze growth and fluctuations in U.S. output from colonial times to the present. The course examines the role of labor markets, property rights in land and labor, financial institutions, transportation, innovation and other factors in economic growth. Before examining twentieth century fluctuations, a week is spent on business cycle theory. Then particular emphasis is placed on The Great Depression and its relationship to the recession of 2007-2009.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course studies the economies of current and prospective European Union (EU) members and economic integration in Europe after 1945. It explores the political motivation for, and the economic implications of, the European Union's moves towards ever deeper integration and enlargement. Topics include policy-making in the EU, adoption of common policies including European Monetary Union and the Euro and their implications for fiscal and labor market policies, problems raised by an EU enlargement to the East, and economic transition in EU applicant countries. The course uses economic analysis to study policy issues.
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The goals of this course are two fold. One is to better understand the economic theory of health and health care. We will study several models in detail, including models of addiction, the demand for health care, the demand for insurance, non-profit behavior, etc. The second goal of the class is to learn to evaluate quantitative information.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Institutional, theoretical and quantitative study of the Chinese economy. Topics include historical background, period of planning and political movements, economic reform, economic growth and fluctuations, macro economic policy, consumption, regional disparity, population, human capital, banking and financial system, state enterprise restructuring, foreign trade and investment, the legal system, science and education, environmental problems and policy, and the functioning and characteristics of the Chinese economy in general.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Covers the economic analysis of crime and the criminal justice system, including criminal behavior, law enforcement, crime prevention, sentencing, capital punishment, organized crime, and the war on drugs. The primary goal of the course is to develop economic thinking to gain insight into the behavior of the key actors (potential offenders, potential victims, and the many parts of the enforcement system) that determine crime outcomes. The last third of the course analyzes and evaluates policies to prevent or reduce crime.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Introduction to ethical issues in market exchange, and in laws that regulate it. How ethical commitments evolve, and influence cooperation. The moral dimension of low wages, price discrimination, distribution of resources, trade in inalienable property, and the separation of choice and consequence. As time permits, the influence of economic ideas on moral reasoning.
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