printer friendly pageECON 166: International Trade
Explaining patterns of trade among nations; characterizing the sources of comparative advantage in production and the prospect of gains from economies of scale. Enumerating and accounting for the net aggregate gains from trade, and identifying winners and losers from globalization. Analyzing the effects of international labor migration, foreign direct investment, outsourcing, and multinational companies. Strategic trade policy; international trade agreements; labor and environmental implications. We will review relevant theoretical frameworks, examine empirical evidence, and discuss historical and contemporary policy debates as covered in the popular press; active class participation is an important part of the course. Prerequisite:
ECON 51.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
ECON 178: Behavioral Economics
The field of behavioral economics draws on insights from other disciplines, especially psychology, to enrich our understanding of economic behavior. The course will discuss how people may display systematic behavioral patterns that diverge from the predictions of standard economic models, as well as the ways in which economists incorporate those considerations into their theories, and the implications of those theories for market outcomes and public policies. Prerequisites:
ECON 50 and
ECON 102A.
Econ 51 is recommended.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Clerici-Arias, M. (PI)
;
Meng, D. (TA)
ECON 179: Experimental Economics
Methods and major subject areas that have been addressed by laboratory experiments. Focus is on a series of experiments that build on one another. Topics include decision making, two player games, auctions, and market institutions. How experiments are used to learn about preferences and behavior, trust, fairness, and learning. Final presentation of group projects. Prerequisites:
ECON 50,
ECON 51,
ECON 102A.
Last offered: Winter 2016
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR, WAY-SI
ECON 180: Honors Game Theory
Rigorous introduction to game theory and applications. Topics include solution concepts for static and dynamic games of complete and incomplete information, signaling games, repeated games, bargaining, and elements of cooperative game theory. Applications mainly from economics, but also political science, biology, and computer science. Prerequisites: Experience with abstract mathematics and willingness to work hard. No background in economics required.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-FR, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Carroll, G. (PI)
;
Jin, X. (TA)
ECON 181: Honors Information and Incentives
Rigorous introduction to the theory of economic mechanisms under asymmetric information. Covers applications to price discrimination, taxation, regulation, long-term relationships, single-unit and multi-unit auctions. Forms a sequence with
ECON 180 and
ECON 182, but can be taken independently. Prerequisite: Experience with abstract mathematics and willingness to work hard. No prior knowledge of economics is required, although basic knowledge in game theory is useful.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Segal, I. (PI)
ECON 182: Honors Market Design
Rigorous introduction to the theory of matching and resource allocation, and its application to practical market design. Theory covers two-sided matching, "house allocation" problems, random assignment, and their variants. Applied topics include school choice, labor market, house allocation, and organ allocation for transplantation. Final paper required.nForms a sequence with
ECON 180 and
ECON 181, but can be taken independently.nPrerequisites: Experience with abstract mathematics and willingness tonwork hard. No prior knowledge of economics is required, although basic knowledge in game theory is useful.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-FR
Instructors:
Kojima, F. (PI)
;
Jin, X. (TA)
ECON 183: The Cardinal Fund
This is an experiential course that will cover the important concepts that underlying investment theory in Financial Economics. Students will manage an investment portfolio of at least $1 million dollars. In doing so they will learn how risk and return are related in public capital markets. Students are expected to spend a substantial amount of time outside the classroom applying the knowledge they learn in the class. Prerequisites:
Econ 51 (or
IPS 204A,
PublPol 301A),
Econ 102B (or
Stats 141,
Stats 110,
CEE 203,
Earthsys 160,
Educ 200C,
Linguist 277,
Psych 252),
Econ 140 (or
Econ 135),
Econ 190 (or MS&E 140)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
6 times
(up to 18 units total)
ECON 190: Introduction to Financial Accounting
How to read, understand, and use corporate financial statements. Oriented towards the use of financial accounting information (rather than the preparer), and emphasizes the reconstruction of economic events from published accounting reports.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR
Instructors:
Stanton, F. (PI)
;
Poulet, K. (TA)
ECON 191: Introduction to Cost Accounting
Focuses on how managers use accounting information for decision making. Students will study product and service costing, activity based costing, performance management and evaluation, CVP analysis, forecasting, factors to be considered in pricing decision, capital investment analysis, and quality management and measurement.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR
Instructors:
Stanton, F. (PI)
;
Gong, K. (TA)
ECON 198: Junior Honors Seminar (PUBLPOL 197)
Primarily for students who expect to write an honors thesis. Weekly sessions go through the process of selecting a research question, finding relevant bibliography, writing a literature review, introduction, and study design, culminating in the write-up of an honors thesis proposal (prospectus) and the oral presentation of each student's research project. Students also select an adviser and outline a program of study for their senior year. Enrollment limited to 15.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Clerici-Arias, M. (PI)
;
Meng, D. (TA)
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