printer friendly pageIPER 220C: Special Topics Seminar
For E-IPER Ph.D. and joint degree M.S. students; other graduate students with consent of instructor. Challenges of interdisciplinary research; collaborations across disciplines. Topical or methodological focus depending on faculty and student interests. May not be offered every quarter. May be repeated for credit.
IPER 336: Environmental Entrepreneurship
The potential of markets for solving environmental problems, and for environmental entrepreneurs to invent those solutions. How to apply business principles of finance, marketing, economics, operations, and accounting to the provision of environmental goods and services. Case studies include innovation in materials and energy, conservation of land and wildlife, environmental product differentiation and supply chain management, investing under regulatory risk, and partnership between nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Guest speakers include environmental entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, corporate executives, and nonprofit leaders. Students develop their own business plans in environmental entrepreneurship.
IPS 201: Managing Global Complexity (POLISCI 312S)
The value of major theories and concepts in international relations for understanding and addressing global policy issues. Country case study with policy challenges such as development, democracy promotion, proliferation, and terrorism; the challenge of creating coherent policies that do not run at cross purposes. Case study of a policy challenge that cuts across academic disciplines and policy specializations to provide the opportunity to bring together skills and policy perspectives.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Krasner, S. (PI)
;
Stedman, S. (PI)
IPS 202: Topics in International Macroeconomics
Topics: standard theories of open economy macroeconomics, exchange rate regimes, causes and consequences of current account imbalances, the economics of monetary unification and the European Monetary Union, recent financial and currency crises, the International Monetary Fund and the reform of the international financial architecture.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Aturupane, C. (PI)
IPS 203: Issues in International Economics
Topics in international trade and international trade policy: trade, growth and poverty, regionalism versus multilateralism, the political economy of trade policy, trade and labor, trade and the environment, and trade policies for developing economies. Prerequisite:
ECON 165,
ECON 166.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Aturupane, C. (PI)
IPS 204A: Microeconomics (PUBLPOL 301A)
Microeconomic concepts relevant to decision making. Topics include: competitive market clearing, price discrimination; general equilibrium; risk aversion and sharing, capital market theory, Nash equilibrium; welfare analysis; public choice; externalities and public goods; hidden information and market signaling; moral hazard and incentives; auction theory; game theory; oligopoly; reputation and credibility.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Bulow, J. (PI)
IPS 204B: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Evaluation (PUBLPOL 301B)
Ex ante and ex post evaluation of projects and policies, value of life calculations, and welfare evaluation of public and private decisions. Welfare measures; tradeoffs between efficiency and equity. Second best. Statistical decision theory. Use of incentives in implementing policies. Relationship between microeconomic analysis and public policy making. Economic rationales for policy interventions. Economic models of politics and application to policy making. Relationship of income distribution to policy choice.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Lim, C. (PI)
IPS 205A: Foundations Of Statistical Inference (PUBLPOL 303A)
(Same as
LAW 362.) Statistical background and introduction to regression. Topics include hypothesis testing, linear regression, nearest-neighbors regression, and other statistical concepts. Hands-on empirical analysis using popular statistical packages. Goal is to analyze empirical studies, conduct empirical research, and to crossexamine or work with statistical experts.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Strnad, J. (PI)
IPS 205B: Econometrics (PUBLPOL 303B)
(Same as
LAW 366.) Descriptive statistics. Regression analysis. Hypothesis testing. Analysis of variance. Heteroskedasticity, serial correlation, errors in variables, simultaneous equations. The construction and use of models for analyzing economic and social phenomena. Bayesian analysis. Univariate and bivariate analysis. Simple regression model. Multiple regression model. Inference and heteroskedasticity. Linear probability model. Instrumental variables. Maximum likelihood methods. Measurement of social and political attitudes and ideologies. Statistical analysis of large data sets.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Strnad, J. (PI)
IPS 206A: Politics and Collective Action (POLISCI 331S, PUBLPOL 304A)
Classic theories for why collective action problems occur and how they can be solved. Politics of aggregating individual decisions into collective action, including voting, social protest, and competing goals and tactics of officials, bureaucrats, interest groups, and other stakeholders. Economic, distributive, and moral frameworks for evaluating collective action processes and outcomes. Applications to real-world policy problems involving collective action.
Instructors:
Stone, P. (PI)
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