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Examines the determinants of the levels of national income, employment, rates of interest, and prices. Studies in detail the instruments of monetary and fiscal policy, highlighting the domestic and international repercussions of their implementation.


DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
15:20
16:40
PL-1
Thursday
15:20
16:40
PL-1

Examines the determinants of the levels of national income, employment, rates of interest, and prices. Studies in detail the instruments of monetary and fiscal policy, highlighting the domestic and international repercussions of their implementation.


DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
12:10
13:30
G-L21
Friday
12:10
13:30
G-L21

Courses on different and emerging topics in the discipline, enriching the present course offerings. These classes are taught by permanent or visiting faculty.


DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
12:10
13:30
PL-2
Thursday
12:10
13:30
PL-2

Uses the concepts of formal economic analysis to study topics ranging from the theory of consumer behavior to the formation of market demand, economics of the firm, pricing under competition and monopoly, income distribution, general equilibrium, and welfare economics. Emphasizes the application of various theoretical constructs in the analysis and interpretation of problems encountered in the real world.


DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
13:45
15:05
SD-5
Thursday
13:45
15:05
SD-5

Focuses on the economic underpinnings of the economics of information and technological innovation. The course covers topics such as agglomeration and localization of innovative firms, impact of innovation on productivity gains, R & D and spillover effects, technology and globalization.


DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
16:55
18:15
SD-2
Friday
16:55
18:15
SD-2

Examines the evolution of the concept of economic development and its means of assessment. The course studies the models explaining the process of economic development and the barriers to it. A critical analysis of the success and failure of development theories and policies is examined. A survey of neo-classical, dualist, structuralist, Third-Worldist, Marxist and IMF-based discourses of development and underdevelopment are undertaken.


DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
16:55
18:15
G-113
Thursday
16:55
18:15
G-113

Studies the economic functions and structures of financial asset markets, financial intermediaries, and money. It also presents the role of the central bank in macroeconomic performance of open economies.


DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
15:20
16:40
G-113
Friday
15:20
16:40
G-113

Includes an introduction to the linear regression model; a review of elementary statistics; the two-variable regression model in detail; the multiple regression model, its use, and problems arising from violations of its underlying assumptions; and an introduction to simultaneous-equation models.


DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
09:00
10:20
SD-2
Thursday
09:00
10:20
SD-2

Internships may be taken for 1 or 4 credits. Students may do more than one internship, but internship credit cannot cumulatively total more than 4 credits.


Internships may be taken for 0 credits. Students may do more than one internship, but internship credit cannot cumulatively total more than 4 credits.