Economics

• CAS EC 572: Public Control of Business
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASEC201 OR CASEC501) - Examines economic theory and case studies of antitrust policy, government regulation of private industry and operation of state owned enterprises. Case studies are drawn from both industrialized and developing countries.
• CAS EC 581: Health Economics I
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASEC501) or consent of instructor. - Graduate Prerequisites: (CASEC501) or consent of instructor. - Quantitative analyses of demand for insurance and healthcare, moral hazard, adverse selection, healthcare supply, quality and price competition. Physician agency, payment systems, capitation, risk management and managed care. Emphasis is on U.S. institutions, but concepts and methodology are applicable worldwide.
• CAS EC 590: Special Topics in Economics
  ay be repeated for credit as topics vary. One topic is offered in Fall 2024. Section AA: Political Economy. Studies game theoretical models of political competition to understand how societies decide on public policies. Discusses the idea of rational choice for a society when the members of that society differ in how they rank different alternatives. Models are applied to public policy issues such as income redistribution and political corruption.
• CAS EC 591: International Economics
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASEC304 & CASEC391) - Graduate Prerequisites: (CASEC303 & CASEC304) - Quantitative theory of international trade; empirical evidence from both industrialized and developing economies. Factor content of trade, technology and trade patterns, scale economies and imperfect competition, economic geography. Policy interventions: tariffs, exchange rates, trading blocs, and political economy of reform.
• CAS EC 595: International Finance
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASEC502) or consent of instructor. - Graduate Prerequisites: (CASEC502) or consent of instructor. - Applies economic tools to open-economy macroeconomics. Topics include the determinants of the current account, exchange rate management, international capital markets, and growth in the world economy. Topical issues: the formation of the Euro; debt and financial crisis in developing countries.
• CAS EC 598: The Economics of Globalization
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASEC201 or EC501, or equivalent; CASEC203 or EC303 or EC507, or equi valent; CASEC391 or EC591, or equivalent; CASMA121 or MA123 or CASMA12 7 or EC505, or equivalent; or consent of instructor. - Analyzes various facets of globalization from both theoretical and empirical perspectives, using tools from international trade theory. Topics include firm-level trade patterns, multinational production, foreign direct investment, the creation of global vertical supply chains, outsourcing, and offshoring.
• CAS EC 797: Writing and Communication
  Intended for economics students who are writing their dissertations. Covers paper organization, essentials of abstracts and introductions, rewriting and editing, table presentations, mathematical writing, and presentations at conferences and in seminars.