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Analysis of markets: consumer demand, production, exchange, the price system, resource allocation, government intervention. Recommended: MATH 111. Offered: AWSpS.
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Analysis of the aggregate economy: national income, inflation, business fluctuations, unemployment, monetary system, federal budget, international trade and finance. Prerequisite: ECON 200; recommended: MATH 111. Offered: AWSpS.
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Introduces non-economics majors to environmental and natural resource economics. Discussion of fundamental economic concepts, including markets and private property. Students learn basic tools used in the economic assessment of environmental problems and apply these methods to key environmental issues. Offered: jointly with ENVIR 235
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For participants in the Study Abroad program. Specific course content determined by assigned faculty member and announced in Study Abroad bulletins.
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Analysis of decisions by individuals and by firms and of outcomes in factor and product markets. Policy issues and applications. Prerequisite: ECON 200; either MATH 112, MATH 124, MATH 127, MATH 134, or MATH 145. Offered: AWSpS.
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Analysis of the determinants of the aggregate level of employment, output, prices, and income of an economy. Policy issues and applications with special reference to current monetary and fiscal policy. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 201; 2.0 in ECON 300. Offered: AWSpS.
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Different members of the Economics faulty present and discuss their research work. Exposes students to ideas about potential topics for their thesis. For Honors students only. Does not satisfy graduation requirement for the major. Credit/no credit only. Offered: Sp.
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Academic work completed in conjunction with an economics-related internship. Faculty supervision required. Does not apply toward major.
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Application of calculus to microeconomics. Development of comparative statics used in production and consumption theory, including derivation of the Slutsky equation and duality results. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 300; MATH 126; recommended: 2.5 in ECON 300.
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Application of mathematics to macroeconomics. Possible topics include economic dynamics and growth, rational expectations, real business cycle models, and New Keynesian approach. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 301; either MATH 126, MATH 129, or MATH 136; recommended: 2.5 in ECON 301.
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Generalizations and extensions of the course models of competition and monopoly taught in ECON 300. Topics include: factor markets and effects of monopoly power; game theory and oligopoly theory; decision making over time; uncertainty and under asymmetric information; contracts and incentives. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 300.
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Property rights as an economic concept. Delineation of rights as a subject of optimization. Formation of contracts to maximize the value of personal property. Formation of organizations to induce efficient use of resources and minimize losses to public domain. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 300; recommended: two 400-level microeconomics classes.
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Analysis of firm behavior in imperfectly competitive markets. Topics include monopoly, oligopoly, product differentiation, entry deterrence, and the role of asymmetric information. Game theoretic tools and empirical evidence used to analyze topics. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 300; recommended: ECON 485.
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Provides undergraduate student an opportunity to apply the tools of economic analysis in a critical examination of theoretical and empirical work. A list of topics is available in the departmental office. Prerequisite: ECON 200.
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Marxian and public choice approaches to political economy. Explores the questions raised by each approach, the assumption(s) and testability of hypotheses, and applies these approaches to a number of problems in political economy. Recommended: ECON 300; POL S 270. Offered: jointly with POL S 409.
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Role of money and the banking system in the United States economy. Relation of money to inflation, interest rates, and business fluctuations. Monetary policy and Federal Reserve System. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 301.
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Intertemporal optimization: consumption and portfolio allocation decisions of households, investment and financing decisions of firms. Introduction to financial decisions under uncertainty. Portfolio theory, asset pricing, options, and futures. Financial market institutions and efficiency. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 300; either ECON 311, STAT 311, MATH 390, STAT 390, or QMETH 201
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Topics of current interest such as regulation of securities markets and valuation of stocks. Allows students to apply tools of economics to real world problems in finance. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 301; ACCTG 215. Offered: AWSpS.
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Covers probability models, data analysis, quantitative, and statistical methods using applications in finance. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 300; either ECON/STAT 311, STAT 341, MATH/STAT 390, or QMETH 300; either MATH 112, MATH 124, MATH 127, MATH 134, or MATH 145. Offered: AWSpS.
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Topics include monetary policy and financial markets, two transmission mechanisms, dynamics of moneteary policy, targeting interest rates versus targeting the quanitiy of money, monetary policy under fixed versus flexible exchange rates, inflation targeting, and practices of central banks, i.e., Fed, ECB, BOJ and PBOC. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 301.
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Economic effects of various governmental regulatory agencies and policies. Antitrust legislation as a means of promoting desired market performance. Observed economic effects of policies intended to regulate business practices, control prices, conserve resources, or promote competition. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 300.
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Survey of the economics of renewable and nonrenewable resources including fisheries, forest, minerals, and fuels. Optimal trade-offs between benefits and costs of resource use, including trade-offs between current and future use. Effects of property rights on resource use. Prerequisite: ECON 300.
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Microeconomic analysis of environmental regulation. The problem of social cost, policy instrument choice, enforcement of regulations, methods for damage assessment, and estimating benefits of environmental improvement. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 300.
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Application of economic concepts to biology and biological concepts to economics. Examination of theory of species maximization, parallels in behavior between humans and other biota, animal choices among alternative food sources, games animals play, evidence of risk aversion in animals. Prerequisite: 2.0 in ECON 300.
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Analyzes the relationship between personnel practices and organizational performance. Economic analysis of compensation policy emphasized. Topics include hiring and retention strategies; incentive pay; relative performance evaluation; teams; promotions; seniority; and organization design. Examines human capital accumulation and labor legislation. Prerequisite: minimum grade of 2.0 in ECON 300.
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