printer friendly pageECON 115: European Economic History
Economic changes and growth in W. Europe from antiquity to the present. The transformation of Europe from an economically and culturally backward part of the world to the center of the pre-WW I world economy. Topics: the role of techniques and sciences, variations of the extent of market activities, institutional changes, international politics, demography. Prerequisites: 51, 52.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
ECON 116: American Economic History
The American economy from colonial times to the present. Application of economic analysis to historical issues; the role of history in economic life. Topics: U.S. economic development in global and comparative context; origins and consequences of the American system of technology and business organization; economics of the Great Depression and New Deal; recent U.S. economic performance in historical perspective. Prerequisite: 1A.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci, GER:ECAmerCul
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Wright, G.
ECON 117: Economic History and Modernization of the Islamic Middle East
From the rise of Islam to the present. Transformation of region from economically advanced to underdeveloped. Role of religion in economic successes and failures. Current obstacles to development. Topics: Islamic economic institutions; innovation and change; political economy of modernization; interactions with other regions; and economic consequences of Islamism. Prerequisites: ECON 51, 52, 102B.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
ECON 118: Development Economics
The economic problems and policy concerns of developing countries. Theories of growth and development; inequality and poverty; credit and labor markets; health and education; politics and corruption. Emphasis is on economic models and econometric evidence rather than case studies. Prerequisites: 50, 52, 102B.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:ECGlobalCom
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Jayachandran, S.
ECON 120: Socialist Economies in Transition
Privatization, restructuring, and institutional change in E. Europe and the former Soviet Union. Analysis of property rights, corporate governance, incentives, and resource allocation in socialist and transitional economies. Emphasis is on liberalization and privatization policies (including mass and voucher programs) as the primary instruments to induce changes in behavior. Prerequisite: 50. Recommended: 51.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 5
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Grading: Ltr-CR/NC
ECON 123: Regulation and Competition in Less Developed Countries
The economics and workings of public intervention, control and liberalization of markets in less developed countries. Topics: natural monopoly regulation; institutions and regulatory commitment; infrastructure concessions; regulation and competition in network industries such as telecoms and electricity; liberalization of markets and competition policy; competition and efficiency; antitrust with a weak judiciary. Prerequisite: 51.
Terms: given next year
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Units: 5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
ECON 124: Contemporary Japanese Economy
Comparative and historical perspective. Micro and institutional aspects, such as firms, the employment system, corporate governance and financial institutions, and the macro economy. Elementary applications of macro- and microeconomics. Prerequisite: 50.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:ECGlobalCom
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Grading: Ltr-CR/NC
ECON 126: Economics of Health and Medical Care (BIOMEDIN 156, BIOMEDIN 256, HRP 256)
Graduate students with research interests should take ECON 248. Institutional, theoretical, and empirical analysis of the problems of health and medical care. Topics: institutions in the health sector; measurement and valuation of health; nonmedical determinants of health; medical technology and technology assessment; demand for medical care and medical insurance; physicians, hospitals, and managed care; international comparisons. Prerequisites: ECON 50 and ECON 102A or equivalent statistics. Recommended: ECON 51.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Bhattacharya, J.
ECON 127: Economics of Health Improvement in Developing Countries (MED 262)
Application of economic paradigms and empirical methods to health improvement in developing countries. Emphasis is on unifying analytic frameworks and evaluation of empirical evidence. How economic views differ from public health, medicine, and epidemiology; analytic paradigms for health and population change; the demand for health; the role of health in international development. Prerequisites: ECON 50 and 102B, and consent of instructor.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
ECON 135: Finance for Non-MBAs (MS&E 245G)
For graduate students and advanced undergraduates. The foundations of finance; applications in corporate finance and investment management. Financial decisions made by corporate managers and investors with focus on process valuation. Topics include criteria for investment decisions, valuation of financial assets and liabilities, relationships between risk and return, market efficiency, and the valuation of derivative securities. Corporate financial instruments including debt, equity, and convertible securities. Equivalent to core MBA finance course, FINANCE 220. Prerequisites: ECON 51, or ENGR 60, or equivalent; ability to use spreadsheets, and basic probability and stati...
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For graduate students and advanced undergraduates. The foundations of finance; applications in corporate finance and investment management. Financial decisions made by corporate managers and investors with focus on process valuation. Topics include criteria for investment decisions, valuation of financial assets and liabilities, relationships between risk and return, market efficiency, and the valuation of derivative securities. Corporate financial instruments including debt, equity, and convertible securities. Equivalent to core MBA finance course, FINANCE 220. Prerequisites: ECON 51, or ENGR 60, or equivalent; ability to use spreadsheets, and basic probability and statistics concepts including random variables, expected value, variance, covariance, and simple estimation and regression.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-5
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Grading: Ltr-CR/NC
Instructors: Admati, A.; Infante Bilbao, S.
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