Microeconomics and macroeconomics for graduate students with limited preparation in economics. Topics include the market-system, supply and demand, costs, perfect competition, monopoly, national income accounting, inflation, unemployment, monetary and fiscal policy, and international trade.

Examines the applications to problems confronting managers including pricing under different market structures, cost and technology, strategic decision making, theory of demand, and the economics of less than perfect information.

Application of economics to planning and decision making in the firm. Topics include demand analysis and measurement, production efficiency, cost analysis, and market structures.

Microeconomic theory for graduate students with little or no preparation in economics. Detailed analysis of the behavior of households and firms in a variety of market settings.

Microeconomic theory for graduate students with little or no preparation in economics. Detailed analysis of the behavior of households and firms in a variety of market settings.

Applications of economic theory to planning and decision making in the firm. Designed primarily for, but not limited to, Ph.D. in Business Administration students. Not to be taken in addition to Econ 503.

Macroeconomic theory for graduate students with little or no preparation in economics. A survey of theories and evidence bearing on growth and cycles in output, employment, interest rates, and prices. The course includes sector details and considers the scope for control of cycles.

Studies of modern monetary theories and their implications for economic policy. Review of both central banking philosophy and practices and relationships between monetary and fiscal policy.

An overview of elementary calculus, linear algebra, and the theory of Lagrange multipliers for graduate students in economics and related fields.

Exploration of the uses of econometric models in business, governmental, and regional settings. Selected exercises are performed using prototype models to explore an array of data, design, and estimation problems.

Examination of development efforts of less developed economies. Selected domestic and international issues, policies, and problems will be analyzed.

Provides a framework for analyzing international aspects of a globally oriented firm. Investigates determinants of international trade, investment, and multinational production, and evaluates the nature and consequences of economic unions, tariffs, and other policies. Multinational firms and various strategies of economic development are discussed. Course open to M.B.A. students.

A survey of the determinants of international trade, the nature and consequences of tariffs and other commercial policies, multinational production, the nature of exchange rate movements, and the role of the components of the balance of payments. Course open to M.B.A. students.

In the internet economy information goods, extremely low transaction costs, and increasing return to scale are changing the ways people, firms and governments produce, trade and interact. Many of the traditional economic theories and rules do not apply. The course will provide the theoretical underpinning for understanding the internet economy: Students will learn about the nature of information goods, and about pricing strategies when excludability is difficult and rivalry in production or consumption is weak or non -existing. In addition, students will learn about the nature of auction and competition in the new economic environment.

Analysis of the public sector of the economy, with special reference to the scope of public services, effects of taxation upon resource allocation and income distribution, and the impact of welfare economics on public expenditure policies.

Provides a theoretical framework for analyzing the operation of the labor market. The role of the labor market in the determination of employment, wages, prices, and production is central to this analysis. Labor supply, labor demand, human capital, labor unions, migration, and discrimination are among the topics discussed. Particular attention is paid to the role of public policy and to the design of theoretical and empirical models.

Analysis of the impact of regulatory processes, including antitrust, upon industry. Special emphasis will be given to public policy toward monopoly, resource utilization, and pricing processes.

Supervised individual reading and research projects for master's and PhD students. Depending on the type of project, work experience or practical training may be required. No more than six semester hours of independent study may be counted toward degree requirements.

Supervised individual reading and research projects for master's and PhD students. Depending on the type of project, work experience or practical training may be required. No more than six semester hours of independent study may be counted toward degree requirements.

Demand analysis; the theory of the firm; the theory of markets; theories of wages, rent, interest, and profits.

Topics covered include general equilibrium analysis, game theory, introduction to public choice and welfare economics, and imperfect information analysis.

Macroeconomic concepts relating to the determination of output, employment, and price level.

Presentation of advanced topics in macroeconomics and empirical testing of national income components, mainly in a dynamic setting.

Mathematical techniques and theorems are presented and used in economic applications. Proofs are presented in formal mathematical language to introduce the students to the vernacular of current economics research papers. Topics covered include advanced topics in linear algebra, the implicit function theorem in multivariate calculus and its application to comparative statics, the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker theorem and applications to linear and nonlinear optimization theory, and differential and difference equations with elements of stability analysis.

Mathematical techniques and theorems of current importance in economic theory, with applications. Topics range over game theory, social choice, general equilibrium analysis, and dynamic economics; the course concentrates on one of these topics, as warranted by developments in contemporary economic theory.

This course is the first in a two-semester sequence. The materials begin with the classical linear regression model, including hypothesis testing. Such traditional topics as multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, and autocorrelation are included. Problems of pooled data and simultaneous equations are also considered.

This is the second in a two-semester sequence of courses. The topics include nonlinear regression, the analysis of economic time series, and models with discrete or limited dependent variables.

The major part is an introduction to applied theory of economic growth. The role of human capital, investment, and natural resources is analyzed. Issues of sectoral development, policies of the public sector, finance, and international trade are discussed. Practical projects of economic growth and case studies are stressed.

An intensive study of pure theory of international trade, welfare impacts of international trade, the theory and practice of commercial policy, and international factor movements. Special topics include the transfer problem, trade under uncertainty, and the relation between trade, growth, and development.

An intensive study of balance of payments and disequilibria and adjustments, and exchange rates determination and policy. Current research topics including macroeconomic coordination, central bank policy, international capital flows, foreign exchange market efficiency, and the international monetary system are covered.

Examines the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic phenomena in the labor market. Questions surrounding the nature of employment and its causes are explored. In addition to the topics covered in Econ. 570, this course will include: economic models of unions, contracting and agency models, efficiency wages, insider-outsider models, implicit contracts and job search. Specific articles in these areas will form the basis of the material covered. Particular attention is paid to the mathematics behind many of the theoretical models covered in the course.

Microeconomic analysis of the relationship between structure of industries and markets and the conduct and performance of business enterprise. Emphasis on the modern theory of oligopoly including dynamic pricing, contestable markets, and game theory. Specific dimensions of firm conduct include pricing, product differentiation, mergers, and research and development.

Develops the student's ability to apply current microeconomic theory to the analysis of economic problems.

Designed for students who finished all course work and passed the theory prelims. The course requires the student to participate in a research seminar, present the preliminary results of the proposal preparation, and comment on other students' papers.

Seminars in particular economics fields are offered as needed.

Seminars in particular economics fields are offered as needed.

Seminars in particular economics fields are offered as needed.

Seminars in particular economics fields are offered as needed.

Seminars in particular economics fields are offered as needed.

Supervised individual reading and research projects for doctoral students. Depending on the type of project, work experience or practical training may be required. No more than six semester hours of independent study may be counted toward degree requirements.

Supervised individual reading and research projects for doctoral students. Depending on the type of project, work experience or practical training may be required. No more than six semester hours of independent study may be counted toward degree requirements.

Designed for students who passed both theory prelims and field qualifying exams. The course requires the student to participate in a research seminar, present a completed dissertation proposal, and comment on other students' papers.

Designed for students who have an accepted dissertation proposal. The course requires the student to participate in a research seminar, present the preliminary results and completed chapters of the dissertation, and comment on other students' papers.