• ECON 5350: Behavioral Economics

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course surveys critical research questions, findings, and methodologies from the field of Behavioral Economics (BE). BE typically incorporates psychological insights into economic analysis with the continued use of sophisticated analytical and experimental tools to shed fresh light on existing topics in economics and develop more encompassing models of human behavior. This approach has led to the creation of more evidence-based models of human behavior. As a result, BE is developed hand-in-hand by theorists and experimentalists, with many scholars having a foot in each camp. Examples of potential topics include altruism, reciprocity, cooperation, guilt, envy, lying, regret, discrimination based on social status, gender, and race, bargaining, auctions, risk and time preferences, loss aversion, social norms, and framing. Graduate students should register for ECON 6350 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work.
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• ECON 5360: Econ of Market Power

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Has the American Economy become dominated by monopolies? Do the big tech companies have too much market power and do they use their power to harm or benefit consumers, workers, and entrepreneurs? This course explains how economists define and analyze market power and anti-competitive practices (industrial organization) in a number of industries and addresses how economic theory and data are used in relevant policies like antitrust and sector-specific regulation. Graduate students should register for ECON 6360 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work.
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• ECON 5380: Law & Economics

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  In the first year of law school students primarily take classes in property law, contracts, torts, and criminal law. This course covers each of these common areas of law (as well as statutory intellectual property law: patents, trademarks, and copyrights) beginning with the black letter law and then turning to the economic analysis of these legal principles. Students will also read some of the classic cases in these areas and evaluate these opinions using economics. Graduate students should register for ECON 6380 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work.
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• ECON 5420: China & Global Econ

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  The emergence of China as a new global economic player is one of the most significant developments in the contemporary world. Is China's economic rise sustainable? Will China be overwhelmed by its economic, social, and ecological contradictions? What are the implications of the rise of China for the rest of the world and for the global system as a whole? This course discusses the economic interactions between China and the modern world system over the last two centuries and evaluates future trends. Graduate students should register for ECON 6420 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work.
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• ECON 5430: Asian Econ Hist-Dev

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course is designed to help students understand and explain the economic development of South Asia, i.e. the Indian subcontinent. We will study the historical evolution of South Asia from the colonial period, as well as a selection of contemporary topics that shed light on development challenges in the area. This course is primarily concerned with the humane aspects of development, so it emphasizes inequality, gender, and class in addition to economics, environment, politics, and public health in South Asia. Graduate students should register for ECON 6430 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work.
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• ECON 5460: Latin American Hist-Dev

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Graduate students should register for ECON 6460 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Historic and contemporary economic problems in Latin America from the conquest to the present dependency, independence, and integration into world economy. Emphasis on new forms of dependency in the macro economy and on contemporary domestic social problems.
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• ECON 5470: American Industr/Ec Dev

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  What were the primary forces driving the rise of the United States from a set of agricultural colonies in the 1600s to the dominant global economic power in the 1900s? How were the benefits of that growth distributed across groups ' men and women, minority populations, and successive waves of immigrants? In this course, we use economic models and statistical tools to better understand US history, and we use this history to gain insight into current debates about issues like immigration policy, economic inequality, and taxation, and government spending. Graduate students should register for ECON 6470 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in (ECON 2010 AND ECON 2020) OR (AP Microeconomics score of 3 or better AND AP Macroeconomics score of 3 or better).
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• ECON 5500: Monetary Theory

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  The course provides an in-depth look at the role of money and financial markets in an advanced capitalist market economy. The course starts out with a discussion of how banks create credit and money and discuss the central bank's role in this process. It then reviews how money enters standard macroeconomic analysis. Next, we explore the implications of dropping these assumptions for macroeconomic analysis. The conceptual framework that emerges therefrom provides the foundation for a discussion of financial regulation. We consider these issues in the context of the 1930s Great Depression, the evolution of financial deregulation after the 1980s, and also the 2008 Financial Crisis. Graduate students should register for ECON 5550 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in (ECON 3200 OR ECON 3201 OR ECON 4020).
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• ECON 5510: Interntl Monetary Reltn

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course covers the international monetary system and open economy macroeconomics. The course emphasizes the history of international institutions, the evolution of open economy macroeconomics in light of that history, and attendant empirical issues. Topics include exchange rates, interest rates, inflation and unemployment, macroeconomic policies and their international coordination, and the political economy of international monetary arrangements. Graduate students should register for ECON 6510 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work.
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• ECON 5520: Multintnl Frms

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course emphasizes the microeconomic and macroeconomic aspects of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs). It builds on real-world examples, and in this context addresses government and public policies in home and host countries. From a microeconomic perspective, the course covers MNEs' business objectives, market conditions, and decision making under market structures of monopoly, monopolistic competition and oligopoly, and aspects of international trade theory. From a macroeconomic perspective, the topics covered include theories and factors behind foreign direct investment (FDI) and the pros and cons of FDI with respect to home and host countries, including its effect on income distribution. Graduate students should register for ECON 6520 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work.
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