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Microeconomics for Policy Analysis

Course #: PPOL-G 621

Description:
This required core course covers the issues in microeconomics, behavioral economics, public finance, and (to a small degree) macroeconomics that are relevant to policy analysts. The course begins by discussion consumer choices and producer behavior in a competitive market setting. The course then explores circumstances of market failures, first within the neoclassical economic model and then in the context of alternative economic theories. The discussion of consumer and producer behaviors in a competitive market provides students with a reference point for the subsequent discussions of market failures since it describes an abstract, optimally working market setting. The course critically examines market efficiency and the elimination of market failures as normative criteria on for policy development and evaluation. The course specifically considers the policy implications of other, potentially competing goals such as equity.

Pre Requisites: Pre-req = Graduate degree student in Public Policy or graduate student with permission of instructor

Offered in:

2023 Fall

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 1837 Th
1:00 - 3:30 pm
Weller,Christian E University Hall Y01-1340
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023
Capacity: 20
Enrolled: 18
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: Pre-req = Graduate degree student in Public Policy or graduate student with permission of instructor
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2024 Fall

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 1804 Th
4:00 - 6:45 pm
Weller,Christian E University Hall Y01-1340
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 09/03/2024 - 12/13/2024
Capacity: 20
Enrolled: 7
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: Pre-req = Graduate degree student in Public Policy or graduate student with permission of instructor
Course Attributes: