ECON 490

Spring 2015 All Classes

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Topics in Economics

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Treatment of special topics in economics.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same term to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours. May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 9 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ECON 302 or consent of instructor.

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ECON 490 class schedule data for spring 2015
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
57129	Lecture-Discussion	A1	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	David Kinley Hall	Dadgar, Y	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Political Economy Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. Political Economy studies how self-interested, rational policy-makers make choices in an institutionalized environment. In this course students will utilize utility-maximization theories and tools of microeconomics to understand behavior of rational and goal driven political actors. Students will study political outcomes and the interaction between the actors within the institutional constraints of their environment. We will attempt to explain why the government behaves as it does and how its behavior influences and is in turn influenced by the behavior of private citizens. We will also investigate the effects of political institutions on political and economic outcomes and assess the relative performance of different political systems. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
60458	Lecture-Discussion	B1	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	David Kinley Hall	Shafer, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Auctions Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This course will cover the economic analysis of auctions. Topics include: an introduction to standard auction formats, the independent private values auction model and revenue equivalence, common value auctions and the winner's curse. Applications include eBay and spectrum auctions. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
54771	Lecture-Discussion	C1	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	David Kinley Hall	Baerlocher Carvalho, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Economic Growth Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. Why are some countries rich and others poor? This course will provide a theoretical and empirical examination of economic growth and income differences across countries. It will focus on both the historical experience of countries that are currently rich and the process of catch-up among poor countries. The idea is to introduce students to the latest theoretical tools, data, and insights underlying this pivotal question. Topics include facts and puzzles related to economic growth, accumulation of physical and human capital, technological change, natural resources, finance and economic efficiency. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
54772	Lecture-Discussion	C2	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	David Kinley Hall	Baerlocher Carvalho, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Topics in Economic Growth Section Info: This section will not open. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
57211	Lecture-Discussion	D1	3:30PM -4:50PM	MW	David Kinley Hall	Fung, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Game Theory Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This course is the introduction of game theory and strategic decision making. We will cover basic concepts and topics in modern game theory, such as Nash equilibrium, dominance, voting, bargaining, auction, adverse selection, etc, which have broad applications in economics, politics, psychology, and everyday life. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
61881	Lecture-Discussion	E1	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Park, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Economic Forecasting Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This course provides an overview of methods for economic forecasting. Topics include linear regressions; modeling and forecasting trend and seasonality; characterizing and forecasting cycles; MA, AR, and ARMA models; forecasting with regressions; evaluating and combining forecasts. Advanced topics such as unit roots, stochastic trends, ARIMA models, and smoothing will be covered as time permits. Training in introductory statistics and econometrics is assumed. Students need to write computer program codes (MATLAB, Eviews or R) to do forecasting. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
62505	Lecture-Discussion	E2	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Park, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Economic Forecasting Section Info: This section is restricted to graduate students. This course provides an overview of methods for economic forecasting. Topics include linear regressions; modeling and forecasting trend and seasonality; characterizing and forecasting cycles; MA, AR, and ARMA models; forecasting with regressions; evaluating and combining forecasts. Advanced topics such as unit roots, stochastic trends, ARIMA models, and smoothing will be covered as time permits. Training in introductory statistics and econometrics is assumed. Students need to write computer program codes (MATLAB, Eviews or R) to do forecasting. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
62266	Lecture-Discussion	F1	10:00AM -11:20AM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Zhao, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Monetary Economics Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This course studies a variety of topics related to money, banking, and financial markets. In particular, it provides an introduction to money and its role in the economy, bond market and interest rates, stock market and other financial assets, exchange rate, banks and regulation on banking industry, money supply process and monetary policy. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
59299	Lecture-Discussion	G1	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Gottheil, F	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Israeli Economy Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. How does a people transform itself into a successful society operating in a high performing economy after a two millennia dispersion with little else than an acute sense of history? The course analyzes the modern Israeli economy by focusing on: the creation of economic institutions that allowed for the absorption of massive immigration of people from diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds; the development of its agricultural, industrial, and service industries; the management of economic problems associated with incessant conflict; the changing roles of the state and private section; and its performance in the global market. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
57130	Lecture-Discussion	G2	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Gottheil, F	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Israeli Economy Section Info: This section is restricted to graduate students. How does a people transform itself into a successful society operating in a high performing economy after a two millennia dispersion with little else than an acute sense of history? The course analyzes the modern Israeli economy by focusing on: the creation of economic institutions that allowed for the absorption of massive immigration of people from diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds; the development of its agricultural, industrial, and service industries; the management of economic problems associated with incessant conflict; the changing roles of the state and private section; and its performance in the global market. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
59202	Lecture-Discussion	H1	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Bebczuk, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: International Finance Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This course will expose students to the main topics in International Financial (Macro) Economics. In the course we will study how exchange rates are formed, how to analyze the balance of payments, the implications/constraints of monetary policy conduction in open economies, how to evaluate and think about sovereign debt. ECON 303 is an additional prerequisite for this course. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
59143	Lecture-Discussion	I1	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Toossi, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Economics of Coordination Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. In any institution based on the decentralized decision making of agents who follow their own goals, a fundamental question is how to structure interactions between them so that they are free to make their own decisions while avoiding outcomes that none would have chosen. The coordination failure occurs when the individuals find the aggregate effect of the decentralized decision making to be undesirable. In this course we discuss the types and causes of coordination problems, and using core concepts of economics and game theory will develop simple models to shed light on coordination problems in different markets and how institutions are developed to overcome them. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
59144	Lecture-Discussion	I2	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	David Kinley Hall	Toossi, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Economics of Coordination Section Info: This section is restricted to graduate students. In any institution based on the decentralized decision making of agents who follow their own goals, a fundamental question is how to structure interactions between them so that they are free to make their own decisions while avoiding outcomes that none would have chosen. The coordination failure occurs when the individuals find the aggregate effect of the decentralized decision making to be undesirable. In this course we discuss the types and causes of coordination problems, and using core concepts of economics and game theory will develop simple models to shed light on coordination problems in different markets and how institutions are developed to overcome them. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
60765	Lecture-Discussion	J1	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	David Kinley Hall	DiIanni, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: American Economic History Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This course is a survey of the history of the American economy from the colonial era to the present. We will study the features and development of the American economy and examine the watershed events that have transformed it over its history. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.