printer friendly pageECON 259: Industrial Organization II B
Theoretical and empirical analyses of the determinants of market structure; firm behavior and market efficiency in oligopolies; economics of antitrust and regulation, with focus on energy and environmental economics; the role of information asymmetries in markets: adverse selection and moral hazard, with focus on insurance and credit markets.
Last offered: Winter 2011
ECON 260: Industrial Organization III
Current research and policy questions in industrial organization. Course combines lectures by the instructors with student presentations, with an emphasis on initiating dissertation research in industrial organization. Prerequisites:
ECON 257,
ECON 258.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-5
Instructors:
Bresnahan, T. (PI)
;
Einav, L. (PI)
ECON 265: International Economics I
International macroeconomics and finance, emphasizing current research. The course is organized around the role of different types of frictions (in asset and goods markets) in explaining features of the international macroeconomy. Prerequisites: 202, 203, 204, 210, 211, 212.
Last offered: Autumn 2012
ECON 266: International Economics II
This course covers an introduction to models of international trade and economic geography from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective.
Last offered: Winter 2016
ECON 267: Topics in International Trade
The first part of this course covers the factor-proportions theory of international trade. The second and much larger part of the course covers commercial policy, with an emphasis on the economics of trade agreements.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-5
Instructors:
Bagwell, K. (PI)
ECON 268: International Finance and Exchange Rates
Monetary foundations of international exchange; the rules of the game since Bretton Woods. Foreign exchange risk under the world dollar standard. Hedging, forward covering, and interest parity relationships. International capital flows and the current account. Global trade imbalances; China and Japan versus the U.S. Inflation versus exchange rate targeting in developing countries.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-5
Instructors:
Kehoe, P. (PI)
ECON 269: International Finance and Exchange Rates II
This is the second half of the international finance sequence. Topics include currency unions, global imbalances, capital controls, sovereign debt, and international financial crises. Prerequisites:
Econ 210, 211, 212 and 268.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-5
Instructors:
Auclert, A. (PI)
ECON 270: Intermediate Econometrics I
Probability, random variables, and distributions; large sample theory; theory of estimation and hypothesis testing. Limited enrollment. Prerequisites: math and probability at the level of Chapter 2, Paul G. Hoel, Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, 5th ed.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-5
ECON 271: Intermediate Econometrics II
Linear regression model, relaxation of classical-regression assumptions, simultaneous equation models, linear time series analysis. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: 270.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-5
ECON 272: Intermediate Econometrics III
Continuation of 271. Analysis of randomized experiments, identification and estimation of treatment effects, instrumental variables, nonlinear models, generalized methods of moments. Prerequisites:
Econ 271 or permission of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-5
Instructors:
Imbens, G. (PI)
;
Hoffman, I. (TA)
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