2011-2012 Archived Catalog Information

  • Courses
Course descriptions may be updated periodically to reflect changes since the last published catalog.
Course 
Number
Name Description
EC-700 Quantitative Foundations of Economic Analysis This course is specifically designed to introduce the basic tools of q ... Read More »
EC-710 Macroeconomics Study of macroeconomic models and the application of these analytical ... Read More »
EC-720 Applied Microeconomics The application of mathematical techniques in microeconomics to solve ... Read More »
EC-721 Public Economics The theory of tax policy and tax structure. The effects on economic be ... Read More »
EC-723 Economics of Regulation This course examines regulation and analyzes the structure, conduct an ... Read More »
EC-724 Cost-Benefit Analysis and Impact Evaluation The objective of the course is to expose students to the theoretical p ... Read More »
EC-730 International Trade Theory & Policy Analysis of the causes and consequences of international trade and int ... Read More »
EC-733 Public Choice This course considers the degree to which it is possible to explain, p ... Read More »
EC-740 International Money and Finance Analysis of international financial mechanism, open economy macroecono ... Read More »
EC-742 Transition/Development Economics Asks why some countries are poor and others are rich. Examines growth ... Read More »
EC-745 International Financial Economics An analysis of international capital flows, especially the movement of ... Read More »
EC-750 Applied Econometrics A brief review of statistical methods including probability theory, es ... Read More »
EC-755 Global Data Analysis The emphasis in this course is on the use and interpretation of real w ... Read More »
EC-760 Applied Time Series Methods Modeling and forecasting with time series data. Various forecasting te ... Read More »
EC-770 Legal Foundations of Democratic Capitalism The purpose of this course is to identify the legal, institutional and ... Read More »
EC-785 Topics in Economics This seminar course considers issues of current and academic importanc ... Read More »
EC-786 Topics in International Economics This seminar course considers issues of current and academic importanc ... Read More »
EC-790 Internship Field-related work in a government agency, public policy research orga ... Read More »
EC-800 Quantitative Foundation of Advanced Economic Analysis This course is designed for first-year Ph.D. students and reviews math ... Read More »
EC-801 Economic Thought & Public Choice An investigation of the major themes in Economic thought running from ... Read More »
EC-802 Teaching Workshop Required of all students in the second semester of the first year, the ... Read More »
EC-803 The Philosophy of Economics The course will be conducted as a seminar, with weekly discussions and ... Read More »
EC-810 Advanced Macroeconomics I This course divides itself into three principal topics: (1) economic g ... Read More »
EC-811 Marcroeconomics II This course covers macroeconomic dynamics involving growth, business c ... Read More »
EC-820 Microeconomics I This course introduces the foundations of advanced microeconomic analy ... Read More »
EC-821 Microeconomics II This course in microeconomic theory is a continuation of Microeconomic ... Read More »
EC-823 Economics of Regulation This course examines regulation and analyzes the structure, conduct an ... Read More »
EC-824 Political Economics This graduate-level course uses game theoretical models to study how ( ... Read More »
EC-825 Advanced Public Economics A doctoral-level treatment of the theory of tax policy and tax structu ... Read More »
EC-826 Financial Economics This course is designed to give the students a strong background for r ... Read More »
EC-827 Empirical Financial Economics his course explains and applies the statistical techniques needed to u ... Read More »
EC-830 International Trade and Multinational Enterprise The course covers the causes and consequences of international trade a ... Read More »
EC-840 Advanced International Monetary Economics Analysis of the monetary side of the international economy. Topics in ... Read More »
EC-842 Development Economics A PhD-level treatment of development economics. Topics include the mea ... Read More »
EC-850 Econometrics I Introduction to econometrics with a focus on application. Review of st ... Read More »
EC-851 Econometrics II Advanced topics in applied econometrics. The lectures cover systems of ... Read More »
EC-855 Advanced Time Series Applications A survey of modern time series econometrics. Topics include univariate ... Read More »
EC-861 Nonparametric Econometrics This course covers some selected topics in advanced econometrics, incl ... Read More »
EC-870 Industrial Organization Industrial structure, firm behavior, and performance are analyzed usin ... Read More »
EC-880 Ph.D. Research Workshop I This course is designed to help students make progress on their disser ... Read More »
EC-881 Ph.D. Research Workshop II This course is a continuation of EC 880, and is designed to help stude ... Read More »
EC-901 Dissertation Research Research towards completion of doctoral dissertation. Permission of Gr ... Read More »
EC-910 INDEPENDENT STUDY
EC-999 Economics PhD Continuation Research towards completion of doctoral dissertation. Permission of Gr ... Read More »