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Instruction offered by members of the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Arts.
Department Head – D. Gordon
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Graduate Courses
Students are required to have departmental consent before registering in any of the following courses:
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Economics
611
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Independent Study
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Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Economics
615
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Advanced Econometrics I
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The study of the interrelated but conceptually distinct problems of identification and statistical inference in the context of economically interesting applications. The identification “problem” in economics is the problem of characterizing parameters of an econometric model from innumerable observable data, while statistical inference is the practice of using statistical tools to draw conclusions about the parameters of the model given finite observable data.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Economics
617
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Advanced Econometrics II
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Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Economics 615 or consent of the Department.
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Economics
619
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Economics of International Commercial Policy
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Examines important longstanding as well as contemporary issues from the economic literature on international trade. This course focuses on quantitative and empirical analysis. Specific topics typically covered are the factor content of trade, firm level and multinational behaviour, empirical testing of political economy determinants of protection, and assessing the environmental impact of trade agreements.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Economics
621
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International Trade
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Focuses on the microeconomic aspects of international economics with emphasis on general equilibrium models commonly employed in international economics. Specific topics covered include theories of international specialization and exchange, trade policy and economic welfare, international factor movement, trade and growth, under both perfect competition and imperfect competition, and selected problems of trade policy in the international trading system.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Economics
627
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Energy in the Production Sector of the Economy
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The object is to teach students to use the tools of microeconomic analysis, institutional economics, and econometrics, to understand energy markets. There will be a focus on empirical studies of the energy business including (but not limited to) natural gas markets, crude oil markets, gasoline markets, electricity markets, coal markets, and public policies affecting energy markets.
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Economics
633
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Labour Markets
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A study of aspects of labour markets using both microeconomic theory and empirical evidence. Focus will be on the econometric methods of analysis that are currently applied beyond the traditional boundaries of labour economics into public economics, the economics of crime, the economics of education, the economics of immigration, etc.
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H(3-0)
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Economics
635
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Regulatory Economics
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An in-depth study of regulatory economics, defined as price and entry regulation. Price and entry regulation occurs when the state restricts who can provide services and approves the terms of service. A considerable part of the course will address regulatory restructuring in network industries, with case studies on electricity reform, local telecommunications, and pipelines.
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Economics
641
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Financial Economics
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A review of the main themes of financial economics and an introduction of a number of frontier ideas that have marked the recent evolution of the discipline. The main focus is on asset pricing and the application of financial econometrics to modelling and prediction of financial data.
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H(3-0)
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Economics
645
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Topics on Institutions and Economic Performance
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A focus on the role of economic, social and political institutions in economic backwardness and development.
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Economics
651
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Redistribution and Social Insurance
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A focus on the role of economic, social and political institutions in economic backwardness and development.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Also known as:
(formerly Economics 611.13)
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Economics
653
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Public Revenue Analysis
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A focus on the revenue side of public finance, primarily in the form of taxation. The equity and efficiency aspects of different taxes are considered, as is optimal tax design. Possible topics include the taxation of labour and capital, the impact taxation on savings and risk taking, and environmental and resource taxation.
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Economics
655
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Cost/Benefit Analysis
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Theoretical and applied aspects of the use of cost-benefit techniques and applied welfare analysis in the evaluation of investment projects and public policies.
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Economics
657
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Microeconomic Theory
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Introduction to advanced microeconomic theory. Standard topics include consumer theory, theory of the firm, and general equilibrium.
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Economics
659
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Macroeconomic Theory
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Introduction to the basic structure of the dynamic general equilibrium framework that forms the backbone of most modern macroeconomics research. It also covers a number of selected topics such as economic growth, income inequality, inflation and unemployment.
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Economics
661
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Behavioural Economics
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Survey of research incorporating psychological evidence into economics. Topics include fairness, altruism, prospect theory, self-control, biases in probabilistic judgment, mental accounting, and the relationship between markets, incentives, and attention and various cognitive processes.
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Economics
667
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Seminar in Industrial Organization
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A focus on marker power: its acquisition, maintenance, and exercise. Both theory and application, with an emphasis on how industrial organization does, and should, inform competition policy and antitrust law, will be examined.
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Economics
675
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Advanced Topics in Natural Resource Economics
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Examines economic models of the structure and nature of natural resource industries and their interaction with the rest of the economy. Studied are non-renewable and renewable resources and applies methods from capital theory, growth theory, public economics, and industrial organization to the study of natural resources.
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Economics
677
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Seminar in Economics of the Environment
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Environmental economics describes the ways in which people interact with their natural environment and the policies that best achieve society's goals in this context. Topics vary from year to year and may include benefit-cost analysis, non-market valuation, choice of policy instruments, economic growth and the environment, biodiversity, global warming and international environmental treaties.
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Economics
679
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Health Economics I
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An overview of topics in health economics. An introduction to economic principles and techniques which are of use in analysing and planning health policy, in particular the delivery of health services, and for understanding the health behaviour of individuals.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Consent of the Department.
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Economics
681
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Health Economics II
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A general introduction to current research in the economics of health and medical care, geared to students with significant research interests related with these fields. Content of the course will be tailored to these interests. Topics such as: the Demand for Health and the Production of Health; Patient Behaviour and Insurance; Physician-induced Demand and Target Income; Physician Agency; Not-for-profit and For-profit Hospital; Hospital Competition will be included.
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Economics
691
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Research Methods I
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Survey of research methods in economics. For course-based MA students.
Course Hours:
Q(3-0)
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Economics
693
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Research Methods II
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Survey of research methods in economics. For course-based MA students.
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Q(3-0)
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Economics
695
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Research Methods III
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Course Hours:
H(3-0)
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Economics
711
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Independent Study
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Course Hours:
H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Economics
715
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Advanced Topics in Econometrics
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A survey of selected topics in modern applied microeconometrics. Recent developments in instrumental variables methods, methods to estimate treatment effects, notions of local causal effects, endogenous switching regressions, are among the topics that may be covered.
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Economics
757
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Advanced Microeconomic Theory
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Building on Economics 657, a comprehensive treatment of game theory, the economics of uncertainty and information, and the theory of incentives will be introduced. Other topics may be included as time and interest allow.
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Economics
759
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Advanced Macroeconomic Theory
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A survey of the ideas, controversies, and techniques that constitute modern macroeconomics. The principal issues it covers lie at the heart of such important social problems as inflation, deficits and debts, and economic growth. The empirical study of many issues raised in theoretical and political debates is also emphasized.
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In addition to the numbered and titled courses shown above, the Department offers a selection of advanced level graduate courses specifically designed to meet the needs of individuals or small groups of students. These courses are numbered in the series 800.01 to 899.99. Such offerings are, of course, conditional upon the availability of staff resources.
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Courses of Instruction