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3.00 Credits
Using oral presentations supplemented by brief papers, students will evaluate and synthesize articles from the scholarly literature in financial economics. Most of the expositions will be by teams. Each student will also write a term paper analyzing the articles presented and placing those works in the wider contexts of financial economics and microeconomics. Emphasis on the generality of the application of fundamental principles of microeconomics to theoretical and empirical questions in financial economics. Prerequisite, 425 or consent of instructor.
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An advanced treatment of selected topics of current interest in macroeconomics. Comparisons of different theoretical and empirical approaches to explaining recent recessions and trends in economic growth, unemployment, inflation and income inequality. Prerequisite, 265, 285 and Mathematics 113, or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of international financial markets in both theory and practice. Topics include optimal monetary and fiscal policy in an open economy and central banking; international financial markets for foreign exchange; Eurocurrencies and international bonds; the nature and operation of the principal international financial institutions; financial and currency crisis; international debt issues and country risk. Prerequisite, 265, 275 and 285. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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A study of the distribution of environmental hazards across communities according to race, income and participation in the political process, as well as sustainable development as a manifestation of inter-generational and inter-country equity concerns. We investigate fair trade and social responses toward sustainability using theoretical and empirical methods. Prerequisite, 265 or equivalent, and 275 or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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Advanced level class that focuses on econometric methods for empirical research in development economics. In the course students will read and analyze recent empirical papers in the field of international development and learn the theory behind the methods used. Students will apply the theory in assignments and projects that will require them to work with data. Topics include: education, health, labor markets, corruption, institutions, and impact evaluation (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Prerequisite, 265 and 275. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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Why are some countries so rich while others are so poor? Examines the difference in living standards both across and within countries, using both theoretical and empirical methods. Topics include the effects of income distribution, technology, population growth, international trade, government policy and culture on the level and growth of per capita income. (Oral Presentations.) Prerequisite, 265, 275, 285 and Mathematics 113 or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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Why do people tip at restaurants that they will never go to again? Why do people pay for health club memberships that cost them more than if they just paid at the door each time they went? Why do successful bidders tend to bid in the final minute in online auctions? Recent research involving both economics and psychology has identified ways in which human behavior consistently deviates from standard rationality. Topics which explore these deviations include time-inconsistent preferences, emotion, attitudes toward risk, overconfidence, information processing problems and altruism. Prerequisite, 265 and 275. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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Topics include the choice of the form of labor compensation (e.g., fixed wage, salary, piece rates and other forms of pay for performance), the effects on firm performance of employee involvement programs (e.g., self-directed teams) and of financial participation schemes (e.g., profit sharing and
employee stock ownership) and the level and structure of executive compensation and corporate governance. As well as reviewing the existing literature of these topics, students will carry out their own econometric analyses of data. Prerequisite, 265 or consent of the instructor, and 275. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces Geographical Information Systems (GIS) with applications to economic and social issues. We will study spatial analysis concepts and techniques, and learn the fundamentals of mapping and spatial data analysis using a well-known software application (ArcGIS). We will apply spatial analysis methods to social and economic issues for which location, geography, and spatial distribution matters. The topics will include urban economic development, environmental justice, environmental quality, public health, food access, and economic and racial segregation. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Prerequisite, 265 or equivalent. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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3.00 Credits
Topics include relationship between standards of living and conservation of the natural environment, effects of trade on the environment, the role of formal and informal institutions, research on the environmental Kuznets curve, and the determinants of sustainable consumption choices. The course relies on empirical methods. Goals in this area include learning to read critically economics journal articles, being able to replicate and extend empirical analyses, and learning how to use economic theory and statistical methods to develop and test hypotheses. Prerequisite, 265,275. Intended for those fulfilling the senior project requirement. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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