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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

IPS 202: Topics in International Macroeconomics

Topics: standard theories of open economy macroeconomics, exchange rate and stabilization policies, the economics of monetary unification and the European Monetary Union, and emerging markets financial and currency crises.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5

IPS 203: Issues in International Economics

Topics in international trade and international trade policy: trade and growth, regionalism versus multilateralism, the political economy of trade policy, trade and labor, trade and the environment, and trade policies for developing and transition economies. Prerequisite: ECON 165.
Terms: Win | Units: 5

IPS 204A: Microeconomics (PUBLPOL 201A)

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 201B)

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. Behavioral economics: psychological mechanisms behind static choice, intertemporal choice, choice under risk and uncertainty, choice in social situations, and hedonics. 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: Kessler, D. (PI)

IPS 205A: Principles of Research Design and Analysis: Methods (PUBLPOL 203A)

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: 2
Instructors: Hensler, D. (PI)

IPS 205B: Principles of Research Design and Analysis: Tools (PUBLPOL 203B)

(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 205C: Foundations of Statistical Inference (PUBLPOL 203C)

(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 via computer exercises using statistical packages; how to analyze empirical studies, conduct empirical research, and cross-examine or work with statistical experts.
Terms: Aut | Units: 2
Instructors: Strnad, J. (PI)

IPS 206B: Organizations (PUBLPOL 204B)

Policy reform and organizational resistance. Organizations include government and other bureaucracies such as not-for-profit schools, universities, hospitals, international organizations, political parties, and agencies. Hubris and policy making, including pathologies of decision making and planning, abuse of intelligence, biased information, overselling to publics, lack of knowledge about context, and unintended consequences.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4

IPS 207: Governance, Growth, and Development

The role of governance in the growth and development experience across countries emphasizing the economies of corruption. The concept and measurement of governance. Theory and evidence on the impact of governance, and relationships between it and growth, development, investment, human capital, and outcomes such as poverty and income inequality. The cultural, economic, and political determinants of governance; policy implications. Prerequisites: ECON 50 and 102B.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5
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