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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): ECON 003 or ECON 004 or equivalent, MATH 022 or equivalent; or consent of instructor. Introduction to economic analysis of natural resources and the environment with emphasis on environmental quality. Topics include environment-economy interactions and social choice theory; source control costs, damage valuation, and efficient pollution control; and design of efficient and equitable environmental policy. Cross-listed with ENSC 143A.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): ECON 143A/ENSC 143A or consent of instructor. Considers the extraction and use of natural resources. Topics include land use and natural capital economics and valuation; economics of mineral and nonrenewable resources including recycling; and managing biological and renewable resources, including common property, efficient usage, and regulation. Cross-listed with ENSC 143B.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): ECON 143A/ENSC 143A or consent of instructor. Survey of environmental valuation and economy-wide, long time-scale issues. Valuation methods covered include hedonic pricing, weak complements, contingent valuation, and ecosystem services. Environmental macroeconomic topics include population growth, biophysical constraints to economic growth, intertemporal welfare and sustainability, and sustainable development. Cross-listed with ENSC 143C.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 102A. The application of economic principles to the major problems of the modern urban community, such as poverty, discrimination, deterioration of the environment, and housing problems. Programs for alleviation or solution. Cross-listed with URST 146.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 102A. Distinctive qualities of land and its rent; valuation of land as an investment. Assembly, division, and development of land; efficiency of land market and effects of taxation. Concentrated ownership, separation of ownership and management, rent and taxable surplus, and origins and kinds of tenure.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 002 or ECON 002H, ECON 003; or ECON 004. An analysis of the history of labor and industrial relations in the U.S. with emphasis on problems of collective action, long-swings of economic growth, income inequality, and the role of government. Cross-listed with BUS 152.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 102A. An analysis of labor demand, labor supply, and the structure of wages. Emphasizes neoclassical, institutional, and radical perspectives. Cross-listed with BUS 153.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 003 or ECON 004. Focuses on economic analyses of four topics: women's work in and out of the paid labor force; gender differences in occupation, earnings, and income; marriage, divorce, and childbearing; and public policy regarding women's work and standard of living. Explores differences among women by race, ethnicity, class, marital status, and parental responsibilities. Cross-listed with WMST 155.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 002, ECON 003. Examines the causes and consequences of population dynamics. Economic models of such demographic behavior as fertility, mortality, marriage, and migration are presented. Consequences of population change for economic growth, the environment, and well-being are discussed.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 002 or ECON 002H or ECON 003 or consent of instructor. Overview of the economic aspects of art, entertainment and culture. Topics include consumer demand for culture, economic models of nonprofit organizations, competition and market structure in the arts and entertainment industries, copyright issues, public support of the arts, and the role and impact of public and private subsidies.
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