Advanced research in economics. Production of a, research paper and distribution to instructor and, class members. Oral presentation of research paper, to students, faculty, and the campus community., The research paper requires students to construct,, research, write, and present rigorous analysis on, an economic question. Topics chosen by students.
- Teacher: Eric Tymoigne
Introduction to the study of market economies., Microeconomics, including supply and demand,, production theory, market structure., Macroeconomics, including economic growth,, inflation and unemployment, money and banking,, monetary and fiscal policy. Government regulation, and policy. Discrimination and poverty, imperfect, competition, environmental problems, international, competitiveness.
- Teacher: Eric Tymoigne
The operation of the financial sector and its, interrelationship with the productive sector. The, central institutions of money and banks; the, Federal Reserve System and its operation of, monetary policy; financial crises. Keynesian,, post-Keynesian, and monetarist theories and their, policy implications.
- Teacher: Eric Tymoigne
Topics beyond intermediate macroeconomics, including alternate theories of consumption and, investment, macroeconomic forecasting, the role of, expectations, problems with macro measurements.
- Teacher: Eric Tymoigne