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ECON 203N: Microeconomics II For Non-Economics PhDs

Non-cooperative game theory including normal and extensive forms, solution concepts, games with incomplete information, and repeated games. Externalities, public goods, and asymmetric information. The theory of imperfect competition and other applications. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: understanding of the elements of multivariate calculus and linear algebra.
Terms: Win | Units: 2-5

ECON 204: Microeconomics III

Social Choice, including Arrow's theorem, the Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem, and the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves mechanism. The theory of contracts, emphasizing contractual incompleteness and the problem of moral hazard. Incentive regulation. Competition with imperfect information, including signaling and adverse selection. Competitive equilibrium and the core. Limited enrollment. Non-Econ students need permission of instructor to enroll. Prerequisite: ECON 203.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2-5

ECON 206: World Food Economy (EARTHSYS 106, EARTHSYS 206, ECON 106, ESS 106, ESS 206)

The economics of food production, consumption, and trade. The micro- and macro- determinants of food supply and demand, including the interrelationship among food, income, population, and public-sector decision making. Emphasis on the role of agriculture in poverty alleviation, economic development, and environmental outcomes. (graduate students enroll in 206)
Terms: Spr | Units: 5

ECON 210: Macroeconomics I

Dynamic economics applied to aggregate economic fluctuations and economic growth. Solving dynamic, stochastic rational expectation models using discrete time and continuous time dynamic programming. Limited enrollment.
Terms: Aut | Units: 2-5

ECON 211: Macroeconomics II

Growth theory (neoclassical models, growth accounting, technical change, endogenous growth) using optimal control theory. Introduction to dynamic, stochastic general equilibrium models. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: ECON 210.
Terms: Win | Units: 2-5

ECON 212: Macroeconomics III

Monetary theory and policy: time series techniques to characterize and evaluate policy; models with rational expectations and rigidities; the Lucas critique; time inconsistency; staggered price and wage setting; optimal policy rules; the term structure of interest rates.nModels of heterogeneity: search models of the labor market; precautionary savings and general equilibrium with incomplete markets; constrained efficiency; endogenous market incompleteness and recursive contracts; optimal taxation and redistribution.nLimited enrollment. Prerequisites: ECON 203, ECON 211.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2-5

ECON 214: Development Economics I

This is a two-part course bridging macro and micro development research. The first part focuses on dynamic models of growth and development, with a focus on migration; technological change; the functioning of financial markets; and barriers to agricultural productivity in less developed countries. The second part focuses on non-market and market allocation processes, the institutions that support them, and their role in the development process. Prerequisites: 202 or 202N, 270.
Terms: Aut | Units: 2-5

ECON 215: Economic Development II

Microeconomic issues in less developed countries. Topics: health; education; gender; intra-household models; entrepreneurship; market institutions; non-market institutions; political economy. Prerequisites: 202 or 202N, 270.
Last offered: Winter 2015

ECON 216: Development Economics III

Use of quantitative theory to understand various aspects of the growth and development process. Emphasis on family and demographic issues and their importance for development. Theoretical models of fertility and marriage decisions, and their empirical relevance. Unified growth theories: demographic transition and industrial revolution. Family institutions such as marriage payments and polygamy. The political economy of family-related institutions, e.g. the evolution of women's and children's rights. Female labor supply and development. Theories of disease and development. Prerequisite: 202, 203, 204, 210, 211, 212, 270, 271, 272.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2-5

ECON 217: Topics in International Macroeconomics: Theory and Evidence for Latin America:

Banking systems, interest rates, regulatory policies, and the productivity of capital in developing countries. Controlling inflation: fiscal and monetary policies for macroeconomic stability. Currency crises, exchange rates, and the liberalization of foreign trade. Further applications to transitional socialist economies in Asia and E. Europe.
Last offered: Winter 2013
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