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ECON 211 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Nature of economics; the price system; household decisions; cost and supply; marginal productivity and capital theory; industrial organization and control; economic efficiency, externalities, and public goods. Enrollment is limited to 45. A FOUNDATION COURSE. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:15PM BB*116 Soligo, Ronald *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM SH*305 Jayasuriya, Ruwan *CURRENT ENR: 0 003 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM SH*303 Linares-Garcia, Carlos *CURRENT ENR: 0 004 MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM BB*102 Trigg, Hugh *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 212 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS II Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Measurement and determination of national income; money, banking, and fiscal policy; business cycles, unemployment, and inflation; international trade and balance of payments; other contemporary economic problems. Enrollment limited to 45. Prereq- Econ 211. A FOUNDATION COURSE. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM BB*102 Brown, Bryan *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM SH*305 Peirce, David *CURRENT ENR: 0 003 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM PL*212 Medlock, Kenneth *CURRENT ENR: 0 004 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM SH*307 Getachew, Lullit *CURRENT ENR: 0 005 MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM BB*102 Peirce, David *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 355 MONEY AND BANKING Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Demand and supply of money and other financial assets. American and international institutional trends and reforms. Prereq- Econ 211 and 212. Enrollment limited to 45. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM SH*303 Smith, Gordon *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 370 MICROECONOMIC THEORY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Intermediate level analysis of markets, firms, households, income distribution, and general equilibrium. Prereq- Econ 211. 001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM SH*309 Hasker, Kevin *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 375 MACROECONOMIC THEORY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Intermediate level analysis of relationships between the levels of income, employment, interest, investment, consumption, and government spending. Prereq- Econ 211, 212. 001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM SH*307 Barut, Yasar *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 382 ELEMENTS OF STAT METHODS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Basis concepts and techniques of probability and statistics. Applications to economics, marketing, and finance. Prereq- Econ 211 and Math 102. Also offered as STAT 310. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:15PM DH*1064 TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 403 SENIOR INDEPENDENT RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Independent research project for seniors on an approved topic of their own choosing. Prereq- permission of instructor. 001 TBA TBA Smith, Gordon *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 404 SENIOR INDEPENDENT RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Econ 403. 001 TBA TBA Smith, Gordon *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 415 HUMAN RESOURCES, WAGES AND WELFARE Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Study of labor markets and wage determination. Special emphasis on "investment in human capital" through education, training, and health services. Prereq- Econ 211. Enrollment limited to 45. 001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM BB*116 Brown, James *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 416 ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE U.S. Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Overview of U.S. economic history from the colonial period to World War II. Prereq- Econ 211 and Econ 370 or 372. 001 MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM BB*116 Hasker, Kevin *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 421 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Analysis of foreign exchange and international capital markets. Linkages between exchange rates, interest rates, and prices. Overview of historical and institutional developments, and current policy issues. Prereq- Econ 370, 375, Stat 280 or Econ 382. Enrollment limited to 25. 001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM BB*116 Merz, Monika *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 437 ECONOMICS OF INFO, COMMON PROPERTY RESOU Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 The course addresses the economics of information, common property resources and public goods. The course will address such topics as software piracy, the greenhouse effect, congestion, testing, affirmative action and insurance. Prereq- Econ 370 or 372. Enrollment is limited to 45. 001 MWF 02:00PM-02:50PM BB*116 Brito, Dagobert *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 439 ECONOMICS OF THE LAW II Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II The role of economics in understanding the legal system. Applications to financial markets, insurance, discrimination and constitutional issues. Prereq- Econ 211 and 370 or permission of the instructor; Econ 438. Enrollment limited to 45. 001 MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM BB*116 Brito, Dagobert *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 440 ECONOMICS OF UNCERTAINTY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Decision making under uncertainty with applications to the choice of financial assets, the operation of insurance markets, research in markets with imperfect information and the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomics. Prereq- Econ 211, 212, and 372; Math 101, 102 and some familiarity with probability theory as gained in Econ 382, Stat 310 or stat 381. Enrollment limited to 25. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM BB*114 Hartley, Peter *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 445 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Application of economics to decision making within the firm; organization theory, cost, pricing, and problems of control. Econ 212 desirable. Prereq- Econ 211. Enrollment limited to 45. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM BB*116 Sickles, Robin *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 448 CORPORATION FINANCE Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Financial analysis, planning, and control in modern corporations; includes valuation, cost and allocation of capital, capital markets. Prereq- Econ 211 and Acco 305. 001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM SH*309 Chang, Yoosoon *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 452 PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMIC ECONOMICS AND FINA Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 An analysis of the positive and normative contribution to economics and finance of studying religious law in light of recent economic theory and empirical findings. Prereq- Econ 370 and 375. Enrollment limited to 20. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:15PM BB*114 El-Gamal, Mahmoud *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 472 INTRODUCTION TO GAME THEORY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Solution concepts for different games: strategic form game, coalition form game and extensive form game. Elementary application to economics and political science. Enrollment limited to 45. 001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM BB*116 Chae, Suchan *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 475 INTEGER & COMB. OPTIMIZATION Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II Modeling and solving optimization problems with discrete components, graphs and networks; network flow problems; minimum spanning trees; basic polyhedral theory; the knapsack problem; the plant location problem; the set packing problem; computational complexity, branch and bound; cutting planes; Lagrangian relaxation and Bender's decomposition. Prereq- Caam 471. Also offered as Caam 475. 001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM DH*1042 Cook, William *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 482 DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE: A MICROECONOMIC AP Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 An examination of various theories of distributive justice, analyzed from the perspective of microeconomic theory. Topics covered include social contract doctrines, aggregation of preferences and voting, theories of cooperative behavior and coordination failure, division of surpluses, measurement of inequality, and alternative approaches to both end-state and precedural justice. Prereq- ECON 211, 370 or permission from instructor. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:15PM SH*307 Moulin, Herve *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 505 MACROECON/MONETARY THEORY II Credits 5.00 Spring 2000 More detailed discussion of selective Macroeconomic and Monetary topics. 001 TTH 02:10PM-03:25PM BB*271 Bryant, John *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 506 TOPICS IN MACROECON/MONETARY THEORY Credits 5.00 Spring 2000 Selected topics of current interest. The purpose of the course is to introduce students to active research issues and methods to the neoclassical school. 001 MW 09:00AM-10:15AM BB*271 Merz, Monika *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 508 MICROECONOMIC THEORY II Credits 5.00 Spring 2000 Continuation of Economics 507. Set theoretic approach to general equilibrium; aggregate linear and nonlinear production models; existence, stability, optimality. 001 TTH 12:45PM-02:00PM BB*271 Dudey, Marc *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 510 ECONOMETRICS I Credits 5.00 Spring 2000 Estimation and inference in single equation regression models, multicollinearity, autocorrelated and heteroskedastic disturbances, distributed lags, asymptotic theory, and maximum likelihood techniques. Emphasis is placed on the ability to analyze critically the literature. Prereq- Econ 504. Also offered as Stat 610. 001 TTH 09:15AM-10:30AM BB*271 El-Gamal, Mahmoud *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 516 ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE U.S. Credits 5.00 Spring 2000 Overview of U.S. economic history from the colonial period to World War II. 001 MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM BB*116 Hasker, Kevin *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 521 PUBLIC FINANCE I Credits 5.00 Spring 2000 Theory of public goods and externalities, political mechanisms and public choice, theory of local public goods, cost-benefit analysis and project evaluation issues of income redistribution. 001 MW 10:45AM-12:00PM BB*271 Mieszkowski, Peter *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 577 TOPICS IN ECONOMIC THEORY I Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Topics in macroeconomics theory, including topics from international finance and open economy macroeconomics. 001 TTH 10:45AM-12:00PM BB*271 Moulin, Herve *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 578 TOPICS IN ECONOMIC THEORY I Credits 5.00 Spring 2000 Study the growing influence of experimental methods in economics and other social sciences, with hands-on experience in designing and running experiments. Enrollment limited to 45. Also listed as Econ 496. 001 F 09:00AM-11:45AM BB*271 Gehrig, Thomas *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 579 TOPICS IN ECONOMETRICS THEORY II Credits 5.00 Spring 2000 Selected topics in advanced mathematical Econometrics. 001 M 07:00PM-10:00PM BB*271 Chang, Yoosoon *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 594 WORKSHOP IN MACROECONOMICS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Continuation of Econ 593. 001 M 03:00PM-05:00PM BB*116 Barut, Yasar *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 TH 03:00PM-05:00PM BB*116 Moulin, Herve *CURRENT ENR: 0 003 F 03:00PM-05:00PM BB*116 Brown, Bryan *CURRENT ENR: 0 004 TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 596 WORKSHOP IN ECONOMICS II Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Continuation of Econ 595. 001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 003 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 004 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 598 READINGS IN ADVANCED TOPICS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 ECON 800 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA Zodrow, George *CURRENT ENR: 0
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