Examines housing markets and housing policy. Introduces models of demand, supply, and housing market equilibrium emphasizing the special characteristics of housing. Uses welfare economics to study the design of optimal policies. 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 4279 3.00.
Addresses major issues regarding the cost and quality of health care using theoretical and quantitative techniques drawn from welfare economics, project evaluation, microeconomics, and financial analysis. Prerequisite: AP/ECON 2300 3.00, AP/ECON 2350 3.00 and AP/ECON 3210 3.00 or AP/ECON 3500 3.00, or equivalents. Course Credit Exclusions: None. Prior to Fall 2009: Course credit exclusions: AK/ECON […]
Considers trade unions and employers’ organizations in the Canadian labour market. Topics include the design and function of the institutions, worker and employer participation, the processes of conflict and agreement, the regulatory role of the state, and the nature of collective agreements and their effect on the labour market and processes of production. Prerequisite: AP/ECON […]
Examines multiple and simultaneous linear equations models. Considers time series analysis and other special topics. Stresses theorem proving, diagnostic analysis, and careful applied work. Prerequisite: AP/ECON 4210 3.00 or equivalent. Course Credit Exclusions: None. Prior to Fall 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/ECON 4220 3.00.
Derives least squares and maximum likelihood estimators for classical and generalized cases, stressing theorem proving, diagnostic analysis, and careful applied work. Prerequisite: AP/ECON 3500 3.00 or equivalent. Course Credit Exclusions: GL/ECON 4260 3.00, SC/MATH 3330 3.00. Prior to Fall 2009: Course credit exclusions: AK/ECON 3490 3.00, AS/ECON 4210 3.00, GL/ECON 4260 3.00, AS/SC/MATH 3330 3.00.
Covers, at the advanced level, topics in international monetary economics including exchange rates, balance of payments accounts, monetary policy under fixed and flexible exchange rates, international monetary problems and possible solutions, and theories of the balance of payments. Prerequisites: AP/ECON 2300 3.00, AP/ECON 2350 3.00, AP/ECON 2400 3.00, AP/ECON 2450 3.00 and AP/ECON 3580 3.00, […]
Covers, at the advanced level, the theories of international trade specialization, gains from trade, commercial policies, and new approaches to trade theory. Prerequisites: AP/ECON 2300 3.00, AP/ECON 2350 3.00 and AP/ECON 3150 3.00, or equivalents. Course Credit Exclusions: None. PRIOR TO FALL2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/ECON 4190 3.00.
Permits students to undertake special programs of private studies, in which emphasis is placed on research design, methodological issues, and data analysis, under the guidance of a full-time faculty member. Prerequisites: 78 credits including AP/ECON 1000 3.00, AP/ECON 1010 3.00, AP/ECON 1530 3.00, AP/ECON 1540 3.00, AP/ECON 2300 3.00, AP/ECON 2350 3.00, AP/ECON 2400 3.00, […]
Examines the historical and current rationale for arbitration as a form of third-party intervention in labour management disputes. Covers processes and practices of arbitration, economic criteria including income-based policies as applied to contract arbitration, the role and scope of arbitrators as defined by public policy, judicial review, and industrial jurisprudence. Prerequisites: 78 credits including a […]
Introduces students to the econometric methods used in the analysis of financial data. Topics include the statistical modeling and forecasting of financial time series with applications to share prices and exchange and interest rates, the analysis of nonstationary and cointegrated series, the modeling of volatility, and the estimation and testing of asset pricing models. Prerequisite: […]