ECON 490

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Topics in Economics

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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 2017
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
57129	Lecture-Discussion	A1	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	326 David Kinley Hall	Ahmadizadeh, M Kleemans, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Migration & Econ Development Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. This class deals with the inter-relationships between economic development and migration. After introducing the basic concepts of poverty and inequality, between as well as within countries, this course focuses on the role that migration and population growth play in the process of economic development. The causes of migration and its consequences are examined at national and international levels together with their policy implications, including those related to urbanization, brain drain, and labor market impacts of immigration. A range of migration forms is discussed, including international and internal migration, permanent and temporary migration, legal and illegal migration, as well as forced migration and refugees. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
60458	Lecture-Discussion	B1	3:30PM -4:50PM	MW	215B David Kinley Hall	Esfahani, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Middle-Eastern Economics Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. This course provides students with an understanding of the business and economic conditions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The course is primarily intended to serve advanced undergraduate and master's-level students who are interested in knowing about the MENA region. The aim is to enable the students to analyze current business and economic conditions in MENA countries for academic and professional purposes. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
59280	Lecture-Discussion	B2	3:30PM -4:50PM	MW	215B David Kinley Hall	Esfahani, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Middle-Eastern Economics Section Info: This section is restricted to MSPE students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. This course provides students with an understanding of the business and economic conditions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The course is primarily intended to serve advanced undergraduate and master's-level students who are interested in knowing about the MENA region. The aim is to enable the students to analyze current business and economic conditions in MENA countries for academic and professional purposes. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
54771	Lecture-Discussion	C1	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	70B Wohlers Hall	Thornton, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Evaluating Econ Development Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. This course is an advanced economics course that focuses on micro-economic issues in developing countries with particular attention to empirical analyses and methodologies to address policy-relevant questions. The class alternates between lectures and computer lab work. In lecture, we discuss new ideas or concepts and the assigned readings primarily on topics related to health and education. The classroom labs apply these concepts to actual data using Stata. Students are expected to produce an original empirical research paper using micro-data, applying the ideas and concepts covered in class. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
54772	Lecture-Discussion	C2	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	70B Wohlers Hall	Thornton, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Evaluating Econ Development Section Info: This section is restricted to graduate students. This section is restricted to MSPE students until the morning of January 9th.This course is an advanced economics course that focuses on micro-economic issues in developing countries with particular attention to empirical analyses and methodologies to address policy-relevant questions. The class alternates between lectures and computer lab work. In lecture, we discuss new ideas or concepts and the assigned readings primarily on topics related to health and education. The classroom labs apply these concepts to actual data using Stata. Students are expected to produce an original empirical research paper using micro-data, applying the ideas and concepts covered in class. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
57211	Lecture-Discussion	D1	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	134 Armory	Buckley, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Environmental Economics Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. Trash, climate change, overpopulation! Is humanity doomed? This class will use economics to get to the core of these issues. We will explore the market and regulatory solutions to these problems to see when they work and backfire. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
61881	Lecture-Discussion	E1	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	219 David Kinley Hall	DiIanni, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: American Economic History Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. 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.
62266	Lecture-Discussion	F1	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	209 David Kinley Hall	Toossi, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Economics of Coordination Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. 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.
59299	Lecture-Discussion	G1	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	134 Armory	Das, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Econ of Terror, War & Conflict Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. The course aims to cover three inter-related topics: inter-country way, internal conflicts (including civil war and ethnic conflicts), and terrorism. It would discuss why countries may go to or prepare for war at phenomenal economic cost when negotiated settlement is an option, choice and efficiency of alternative methods of raising an army and economic costs of war, determinants of internal conflicts such as inequality, ethnic diversity, poverty and macroeconomic shocks, and their characteristics, causes and patterns of terrorism, trade off between defensive and offensive counter-terrorism strategies and economic impacts of terrorism. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
59202	Lecture-Discussion	H1	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	134 Armory	Amini Behbahani, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Economic Growth Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. 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. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
59143	Lecture-Discussion	I1	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	219 David Kinley Hall	Quigley, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Political Economy Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. 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.
60765	Lecture-Discussion	J1	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	134 Armory	Shakiba, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Game Theory Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. 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.
64175	Lecture-Discussion	K1	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	212 David Kinley Hall	Li, Z	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Game Theory Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. 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.
64041	Lecture-Discussion	L1	9:30AM -10:50AM	MW	330 Armory	Wang, X	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Financial Economics Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. The aim of this course is to introduce students to several topics in finance and the connection to monetary policy. The first part will introduce basic financial products (stocks, bonds, futures, options, and other derivatives) and asset pricing theory including capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and arbitrage pricing theory (APT). The second part will cover financial institutions and the organization of financial markets. The last part will cover some topics on financial crisis and monetary policy. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
57386	Lecture-Discussion	M1	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	312 David Kinley Hall	Gao, X	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Financial Economics Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. The aim of this course is to introduce students to several topics in finance and the connection to monetary policy. The first part will introduce basic financial products (stocks, bonds, futures, options, and other derivatives) and asset pricing theory including capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and arbitrage pricing theory (APT). The second part will cover financial institutions and the organization of financial markets. The last part will cover some topics on financial crisis and monetary policy. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
64021	Lecture-Discussion	N1	9:30AM -10:50AM	MW	312 David Kinley Hall	Grigoryan, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Monetary Economics Section Info: This section is restricted to undergraduate students. This section is restricted to Economics students until the morning of January 9th. 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.