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MGTECON 200: Managerial Economics

This course covers microeconomic concepts relevant to managerial decision making. Topics include: demand and supply analysis; consumer demand theory; production theory; price discrimination; perfect competition; partial equilibrium welfare analysis; externalities and public goods; risk aversion and risk sharing; hidden information and signaling; moral hazard and incentives; game theory; oligopoly; and transaction cost economics.
Terms: Win | Units: 3

MGTECON 203: Managerial Economics - Accelerated

MGTECON 203 is the accelerated option in microeconomics for 1st year MBA students. It will cover the usual array of topics, with an emphasis on topics more useful for students of management (although the order in which the topics are covered will be different from that in 200). No previous background in economics is required or expected, but in comparison with MGTECON 200, less time will be spent in class on basic problems. Therefore, students choosing this option should be completely comfortable with calculus and linear algebra. A good diagnostic is to read Sections 3.5 and 3.6 (pp. 57-67) in Kreps, Microeconomics for Managers. If you find this easy, 203 is a good choice. If not, 200 is the right course for you. Students with extensive background in microeconomics should take one of the Advanced Applications options; in particular, MGTECON 203 is NOT a good fit for students who have an undergraduate major in economics.
Terms: Win | Units: 3

MGTECON 209: MSx: Economics

This course is an introduction to Microeconomics, focusing on microeconomic concepts relevant to managerial decision making. Topics include demand and supply, cost structure, price discrimination, perfect competition, externalities, and the basics of game theory. The final exam will cover material from the Microeconomics portion of the course. No prior Economics or Statistics background is required but students who have not had courses in this area (or not had one in a very long time) may want to brush up on math prior to the start of classes.
Terms: Sum | Units: 3
Instructors: Oyer, P. (PI)

MGTECON 300: Growth and Stabilization in the Global Economy

This course gives students the background they need to understand the broad movements in the global economy. Key topics include long-run economic growth, technological change, wage inequality, international trade, interest rates, inflation, exchange rates, and monetary policy. By the end of the course, students should be able to read and understand the discussions of economic issues in The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, or the Congressional Budget Office.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Jones, C. (PI)

MGTECON 330: Economics of Organization

This is an advanced applications economics course that applies recent innovations and high-powered tools to organization and general management. MBA1 students must have a strong background in microeconomics to take the course and should consult with their advisors. The course is appropriate for MBA2 students who have taken either Mgtecon 200 or Mgtecon 203. The course objective is to equip managers with an extensive set of analytical and applicable tools for handling the following topics: organization for coordination, designing incentives for moral hazard, monitoring and private information, applications to scope, scale, global management and mergers, principles for allocating decision power, managing supplier relations, downstream controls, franchising and alliances, bargaining, high order reasoning, repeated interactions and reputation, holdups and strategizing with unawareness. These topics will be covered in a combination of lectures and cases.
Terms: Win | Units: 3
Instructors: Feinberg, Y. (PI)

MGTECON 331: Political Economy of Health Care in the United States

This course provides the legal, instititional, and economic background necessary to understand the financing and production of health services in the US. Potential topics include: health reform, health insurance (Medicare and Medicaid, employer-sponsored insurance, the uninsured), medical malpractice and quality regulation, pharmaceuticals, the corporate practice of medicine, regulation of fraud and abuse, and international comparisons.
Terms: Win | Units: 3

MGTECON 332: Analysis of Costs, Risks, and Benefits of Health Care

For graduate students. The principal evaluative techniques for health care, including utility assessment, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and decision analysis. Emphasis is on the practical application of these techniques. Group project presented at end of quarter. Guest lectures by experts from the medical school, pharmaceutical industry, health care plans, and government.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4

MGTECON 343: The Financial Crisis

This class will focus on the evolution of the financial crisis and the implications for the future of financial markets and the economy. Part of the course will concern the history of the financial crisis, from 2008-12, including policy responses. The rest will focus on current events. There will be a number of guest speakers, either live or by Skype. Last year's list included Tanya Beder, John Geanakoplos, Bob Joss, Tom Kempner, Ken Rogoff, Larry Summers, Kevin Warsh, and Nancy Zimmerman. Myron Scholes participated in about half the classes. I assume that this year there will be a similar but not identical list.
Terms: Win | Units: 4
Instructors: Bulow, J. (PI)

MGTECON 364: Motivation in Theory and in Practice

This course focuses on one question: How do organizations motivate their key employees to provide consummate effort? By consummate effort, we mean effort above and beyond what is normal or expected, with particular emphasis on cases where the key employees are knowledge workers performing ambiguous and creative tasks.nnnWe will begin with three weeks or so of twice-weekly class sessions, at which different theories of motivation will be explored as theories and as practiced in case studies. This will include both the economic theory of incentives, but also social psychological theories of motivation and, in particular, on when and how economic forces and social psychological forces come into conflict and when and how they can be marshaled together.nnnDuring this initial three-week period, students in course will organize themselves into teams of 3 to 5 students. Each team will identify a organization or related group of organizations (say, several firms inside the same niche in an industry), and during weeks 4 through 7 of the quarter, each team will investigate how the organization(s) they are studying answer the basic question. Students will be expected to relate what they find to the theoretical constructs of the early part of the quarter. During this period, each team will meet at least weekly with the instructor to review progress achieved and to plan next steps. nnnIn the final two weeks or so (depending on the number of teams), teams will present what they have learned about the organizations they are studying to their peers. Each team will make a presentation of 45 minutes to an hour. These presentations should include a full analysis of the organization(s) (any relevant history, business model and strategy, and so forth). They should then answer the basic question, giving to the greatest extent possible tangible measures and evidence for their assertions. This will be followed by a Q&A from the other members of the class, exploring what the teams have presented.nnnEach team will be expected to prepare a written "case-let" of their findings, to be circulated to other members of the class at least three days prior to the in-class discussion. nnnOrganizations to be studied must be existing organizations. Teams will NOT be allowed to present "designs" for organizations that they are in the process of founding or that they hope to found. There must be evidence---anecdotal at least, more systematic if possible---of how well the organization's approach to motivation is working.nnnOrganizations studied should consent to be "used" in this fashion, although you will be asked to try to gain permission for the case-lets and your presentations to be used more broadly in the GSB's curriculum. nnnThe instructor will attempt to "recruit" willing organizations, from which teams can choose, although it is equally preferable if not better for teams to identify on their own the organizations they will studied.nnnnGrades will be determined as follows:nnn20%--class participation in the first three weeks, with emphasis on contribution to case discussions.nn20%--group-assigned grade based on the written case-letnn30%--group-assigned grade based on the oral (in class) presentationnn20%--participation in the discussion of the presentations of other groups nn10%--based on an individual "final exam," in which students will be asked to write a short report (three to five pages, double spaced, 12pt) evaluating what they learned, with emphasis on what they consider is important in answering the basic question, on the basis of the course experience. This report will be due on the last day of final exams, may be prepared off campus and emailed in. Students are free to discuss these matters with one another, but each student is expected to be the sole author of his/her "final exam."nnnThere are no formal prerequisites for this course, but students considering this course will be well prepared if they have taken a course in human resource management. nnnThis course is a Bass Seminar and is limited to enrollment of 25 students. nnnPlease note: I have a reputation for requiring a LOT of work from students. This reputation is deserved. I have every intention of enhancing my reputation in this regard, in this course, so caveat discipulus. (Unhappily, you cannot access course evaluation data on the number of hours that students report they work, so you will have to take my word for it: My courses are in the far upper tail of the distribution. You can access data on the question on "Sets High Expectations." And I urge you to read ALL the entries on me at Course Unofficial for MGTECON 200 and 203.)nnnIf you have any questions, please contact me in the first instance via email, at kreps@stanford.edu.
Terms: Win | Units: 3
Instructors: Kreps, D. (PI)

MGTECON 381: Contemporary Economic Policy

Economic issues permeate all that happens in government. This topics-based course will exam a variety of historic and current issues on the political agenda where economics is central to decision making. It is taught by faculty who served at the White House in either the Clinton or George W. Bush Administration.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
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