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ECON 601 Applied Microeconomics +
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This course introduces students to the theory of consumer behavior and the firm, market and multi-market equilibrium and stability, and varieties of imperfect competition at the graduate level. Coverage includes theories of consumer and producer behavior in the context of a variety of real world problems. Applied examples will be drawn from fields including: information economics, environmental economics, economics of regulation, industrial organization, law and economics, natural resource economics, public finance, labor economics, and regional and urban economics. For each sub-discipline covered, the most important economic model will be discussed and a review of the major research studies, techniques, and empirical evidence will be undertaken. More Info
Offered in:ECON 602 Applied Macroeconomics +
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This course provides an introduction to macroeconomics at the graduate level. The course is concerned with economic theories of the overall level and dynamic of economic activity in countries and regions. These theories are explored by examining the following applied key macroeconomic questions: why are some nations poor while others are rich? What determines the pace of economic growth? How much richer is the typical American today than the typical American 100 years ago? What causes macroeconomic instability? What policies might governments pursue to spur growth? How do we square economic growth with our efforts to limit climate change and provide for future generations? More Info
Offered in:ECON 607 Advanced Topics in Development Economics +
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This course has two aims. In the first four weeks of the semester students will be introduced to some core issues in development Economics. these topics will provide the basic framework for the remainder of the course. In the second part of the course, which constitutes the bulk, students will have an opportunity to engage with a specific topic in greater depth. this topic will vary with the instructor teaching the course. Topics include: Urbanization in Developing countries, Poverty and Inequality, Structural Change and Transformation, Gender and development, War, Macroeconomic Issues in Developing Countries, and Political Economy of Development. Whichever the area, students will be given the skills necessary to critically analyze the process of economic development, to identify the winners and losers in this process, and to appreciate what would constitute just and sustainable policy in that area. More Info
Offered in:ECON 610 Political Economy +
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This course exposes students to the major paradigms in heterodox political economy through a set of economic topics that are central to these paradigms. Heterodox political economic paradigms include Marxist, post-keynesian, intuitional, and feminist approaches. We will use these various approaches to examine topics of particular interest to political economists including the historical rise of capitalism, workplace relations, poverty and income distribution, economic growth (accumulation) and crisis, financialization, globalization, development, gender, race, and ecological change. More Info
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ECON 613 Urban Economic Environment +
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This course offers an examination of the wonders and paradoxes of urban life, with a focus on current dynamics of urban location and prosperity in the context of a global economy. It examines forces that shaped the evolution of cities and metropolitan regions, assesses a range of policy issues confronting metropolitan areas today and the respective roles played by private and public sectors in addressing those challenges, explores global forces that are transforming cities and regions throughout the world, and addresses key questions of urban well-being, civility, and civic engagement. More Info
Offered in:ECON 620 Gender and Economics +
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Women and men have historically faced very different economic opportunities and prospects. While these have changed dramatically over the last 50 years, women's and men's economic patterns and fortunes are still not the same, with women more likely than men to earn less, more likely to face poverty, and more likely to be responsible for doing unpaid or low-paid care work. This course presents an empirical and historical overview of the economic activity of women and men (primarily in the United States), examines how economic theories explain these activities, and looks at policies that might generate more equal economic outcomes among women and between men and women. More Info
Offered in:ECON 650 Applied Economic Research Practicum +
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This one credit course allows students to apply and extend their quantitative research skills to a specific economic issue. Students will be required to briefly researcht he issue, provide descriptive statistics and tabular formulations, apply ordinary least squares techniques, and then learn and apply one other statistical technique to tease out the economic relationships and potential causal factors. Students will have assignments that culminate in a short policy brief. Topics might include gender/racial/immigrant wage gap; trade deficit and growth; income inequality levels across nations or cities; occupational segregation. More Info
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ECON 651 Quantitative Research Methods I +
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This course is designed to provide an introduction to research methods in economics. It will cover an overview to working with data, measurement of economic variables, methods of data collection, data presentation, hypothesis testing, interpreting the results of various statistical procedures and comparative research methods. The focus of this course will be to develop analytical tools to evaluate the relative merits and drawbacks of various forms of economic analysis. This course will have data workshop sessions that will familiarize students with the basic tools necessary to work with large datasets. Over the course of the semester students will work on developing a research question for their thesis, identify a source of data, and present descriptive statistics from this data source. More Info
Offered in:ECON 652 Quantitative Research Methods II +
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The course offers a presentation of modern econometric practice. It will cover the theory and application of ordinary least-squares regression (OLS) in the context of cross-sectional, time-series, and panel data, with special emphasis placed on an applied understanding of the potential and limitations of this approach. In addition to OLS, topics will also include fixed effects, difference-indifference, regression discontinuity, and limited dependent variable regression techniques. Students will learn at least one statistical package as Stata, SPSS, or SAS. Emphasis is placed on training creative quantitative researchers. More Info
Offered in:ECON 675L Economics of Renewables: Marine and Energy Resources +
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This course introduces students to the use of economic analysis in helping to solve marine and energy related natural resource problems. The first part of the course focuses on the economic theory used to analyze natural resource and energy issues. In the latter half of the course these theoretical tools will be used as a framework to analyze a wide range of issues dealing with marine resources and renewable energy. The purpose of the course is to expose students to sufficiently rigorous economics analysis to enable them to appreciate the usefulness of the economic approach to resource and renewable energy problem solving and to critique economic analyses they may be presented with in future decision-making roles. More Info
Offered in:ECON 680 Health Economics +
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This elective course introduces students to how economists analyze topics related to the demand for health care, health disparities, and the US health care delivery system using the tools of microeconomics. Students develop an understanding of asymmetric information, how health insurance contracts operate, and the role that government plays in the modern health care system. Students empirically analyze health care policies, and apply tools of cost-benefit analysis to understand the trade-offs involved in improving efficiency and equity. More Info
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ECON 695 Independent Study +
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Study of a particular area of economics under the supervision of a faculty member. More Info
Offered in:ECON 696 Independent Study +
ECON 697 Special Topics +
ECON 698 Mentored Research Project +
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Economics 698 is a course designed to facilitate completion of the capstone project (or thesis), a critical requirement for the MA degree in Applied Economics. All students taking the course will be required to design and complete a comprehensive research project that includes the relevant literature, description of methods and data used, analysis of the findings and implications of the research. More Info
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