This course reviews modern industrial organization theory and its application in Canada and other market economies, with emphasis on the practice of industrial organizations and application of public policies towards business in imperfectly competitive markets. Prerequisite: AP/ECON 2300 3.00 and AP/ECON 2350 3.00 or AP/ECON 3200 3.00, or equivalents. Course Credit Exclusions: GL/ECON 3375 3.00. […]
This is a graduate and advanced undergraduate level course aimed to familiarize students with select important topics in economic history, with a focus on the United States and Canada, and to acquaint them with empirical methods of research in economic history. The course will focus on microeconomic topics that apply across North America, with some […]
Considers selected topics in the economic analysis of financial markets, including choice-theoretic and statistical aspects of financial models. Possible topics include inter-temporal choice, economics of uncertainty, equilibrium models of money and risky assets, corporate financial policy, and the effects of inflation and taxation. Prerequisite: AP/ECON 2300 3.00 and AP/ECON 2350 3.00 or equivalents. Recommended Prior […]
Examines topics such as dividend policy, capital structure, the valuation of corporate debt, other corporate liabilities (including leases) and options, merges, international finance, and financial planning. Prerequisite: AP/ECON 2300 3.00, AP/ECON 2350 3.00 and AP/ECON 4400 3.00, or equivalents. Course Credit Exclusions: AP/ADMS 4540 3.00, GL/ECON 4315 3.00, SB/FINE 3100 3.00. Prior to Fall 2009: […]
Analyzes investment and financing decisions, the separation between ownership and control, the risk inherent in decision-making, and how shareholders’ wealth and utility are maximized. Topics include net present value, capital budgeting, efficiency of capital markets, treatment of risk, valuation of debt, dividend policy, short-term financing, and financial strategy. Prerequisite: AP/ECON 2300 3.00 and AP/ECON 2350 […]
Explores in detail topics such as damages versus specific performance, liquidation damages versus penalty clauses, the choice between strict liability and negligence in tort law, and the different ways different societies have solved the problem of law and order. Prerequisite: AP/ECON 3800 3.00, or equivalents. Course Credit Exclusions: None. Prior to Fall 2009: Course credit […]
Applies basic tools of microeconomics to answer questions central to political science. Gives special emphasis to analyzing public choice in a direct democracy and in a representative democracy. Prerequisite: AP/ECON 2300 3.00 and AP/ECON 2350 3.00 or equivalents. Course Credit Exclusions: None. Prior to Fall 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/ECON 4380 3.00.
Develops the main economic theories of discrimination, intra-household allocation of resources, family economics, and other features such as marital transfers. Examines empirical evidence from developed and developing countries drawing from economics papers that have some sort of econometric methodology. Prerequisite: AP/ECON 1000 3.00, AP/ECON 1010 3.00, and AP/ECON 3210 3.00 or AP/ECON 3500 3.00, or […]
Examines, at the advanced level, theories pertaining to industrial organization. Covers oligopoly, entry, vertical integration, product differentiation, advertising, innovation and market structure, and industrial organization in an open economy. Discusses public policy where appropriate. Prerequisite: AP/ECON 2300 3.00, AP/ECON 2350 3.00 and AP/ECON 3200 3.00, or equivalents. Course Credit Exclusions: None. Prior to Fall 2009: […]
Uses economic concepts to analyze legal institutions in the area of Common Law (Property, Torts, and Contracts) for developed, underdeveloped, and transitional economies. Examines legal cases from a law-and-economics perspective. Prerequisite: AP/ECON 2300 3.00 and AP/ECON 2350 3.00 or equivalents. Course Credit Exclusions: GL/ECON 4275 3.00. Prior to Fall 2009: Course credit exclusion: AK/ECON 3800 […]