ECON 490

Fall 2019 All Classes

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Topics in Economics

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Special topics in advanced economics within a variety of areas. See course schedule for topics.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms to a maximum of 9 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: ECON 202; ECON 302 or ECON 303; MATH 220 or MATH 221 or other Calculus course. Some topics may require additional prerequisites, read the section text for each topic.

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ECON 490 class schedule data for fall 2019
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
69169	Lecture-Discussion	A3	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	113 David Kinley Hall	Amir Ahmadi, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Macroeconometric Policy Section Info: Macroeconometric Policy. The goal of the course is to introduce students to methods of modern empirical macroeconomics to address current issues in modern macroeconomic policymaking. The course emphasizes both, the econometric concepts as well as applications of these techniques to understand how macroeconomic policy, such as monetary and fiscal policy interacts with the macro economy and financial markets. The objective is to enhance student capability analyzing macroeconomic and financial time series data themselves to contribute to the contemporary economic policy discussion. *Course restricted to certain majors. Information on Fall Econ Course Restrictions: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/FallRestrictions* Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
66591	Lecture-Discussion	A4	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	113 David Kinley Hall	Amir Ahmadi, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Special Approval: Advisor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Macroeconometric Policy Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
63647	Lecture-Discussion	B3	9:30AM -10:50AM	MW	113 David Kinley Hall	Hong, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Econ of the Digital Economy Section Info: Economics of the Digital Economy. This course analyzes firm strategies and public policy issues surrounding digital economy and related industries. The analysis applies economic tools and principles, including game theory, industrial organization, and information economics. Topics include: economics of information; economics of information goods and platforms; strategic pricing; search and the long tail; network effects and system competition; industry structure of digital markets. *Course restricted to certain majors. Information on Fall Econ Course Restrictions: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/FallRestrictions* Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
66872	Lecture-Discussion	B4	9:30AM -10:50AM	MW	113 David Kinley Hall	Hong, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Special Approval: Advisor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Econ of the Digital Economy Section Info: Economics of the Digital Economy. <<Section is restricted to MSPE graduate students>> Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
59656	Lecture-Discussion	C3	9:30AM -10:50AM	MW	215B David Kinley Hall	Gahvari, F	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Welfare, Income & Govt Role Section Info: Social Welfare, Income Inequality, and the Role of Government. This course presents certain economic perspectives on concepts of distributive justice, inequality and social welfare; it also studies attempts at quantifying them. It goes on to examine, in light of the said objectives and the various resource and informational constraints the economy faces, the government’s role in designing redistributive tax and expenditure policies. In the process, it discusses economic consequences of these policies highlighting the trade-off between the society’s equity concerns and economic efficiency. Prerequisites: ECON 302; MATH 231 (Calculus II) or a more advanced course in calculus. *Course restricted to certain majors. Information on Fall Econ Course Restrictions: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/FallRestrictions*
59696	Lecture-Discussion	C4	9:30AM -10:50AM	MW	215B David Kinley Hall	Gahvari, F	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Welfare, Income & Govt Role Section Info: *Graduate section of this course is not available for enrollment except in specific cases for Exchange Students requiring 4 hour section. Please contact econug@illinois.edu to request permission.* Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
63643	Lecture-Discussion	E3	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	106 David Kinley Hall	Khazra, N Farhoodi, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Applied Machine Learning: Econ Section Info: Applied Machine Learning in Economics. This introductory course gives an overview of different concepts, techniques, and algorithms in machine learning and their applications in economics. We begin with topics such as classification, linear and non-linear regressions and end with more recent topics such as boosting, support vector machines, and Neural networks as time allows. This course will give students the basic knowledge behind these machine learning methods and the ability to utilize them in an economic setting. Students will be led and mentored to develop and solve an economic problem with machine learning methods introduced during the course. REQUIRED PREREQUISITES: ECON 203 & 302, MATH 220/221; RECOMMENDED: Econometrics knowledge (we will expect you to be comfortable with econometrics). Students should have a LAPTOP to bring to this class. *Course restricted to certain majors. Information on Fall Econ Course Restrictions: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/FallRestrictions* Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
60330	Lecture-Discussion	F3	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	106 David Kinley Hall	Khazra, N Farhoodi, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Applied Machine Learning: Econ Section Info: Applied Machine Learning in Economics. This introductory course gives an overview of different concepts, techniques, and algorithms in machine learning and their applications in economics. We begin with topics such as classification, linear and non-linear regressions and end with more recent topics such as boosting, support vector machines, and Neural networks as time allows. This course will give students the basic knowledge behind these machine learning methods and the ability to utilize them in an economic setting. Students will be led and mentored to develop and solve an economic problem with machine learning methods introduced during the course. REQUIRED PREREQUISITES: ECON 203 & 302, MATH 220/221; RECOMMENDED: Econometrics knowledge (we will expect you to be comfortable with econometrics). Students should have a LAPTOP to bring to this class. *Course restricted to certain majors. Information on Fall Econ Course Restrictions: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/FallRestrictions* Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
66602	Lecture-Discussion	G3	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	209 David Kinley Hall	Ghosh, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Economic Growth Section Info: Economic Growth. The course is designed to inspect some fundamental questions in the world economy- What are the primary factors driving the per capita GDP growth of any particular country? What explains the convergence or divergence patterns of growth rates across nations? Scholars have proposed different theories to address these concerns and we will explore some of them. Firstly, we examine long run growth determined by exogenous factors, secondly, we discuss endogenous growth by looking at technical factors and role of human capital, thirdly we delve deeper by considering population dynamics and its implications, fourthly we look at more recent theories emphasizing the role of institutions and finally we evaluate all the theories together. The objective of the course is to enable students to apply the knowledge of macroeconomic theory and mathematical tools to address issues in growth. REQUIRED PREREQUISITES: ECON 302 & 303. RECOMMENDED: Basic knowledge of any statistical software. R/Excel/ Stata may be used in a few classes. *Course restricted to certain majors. Information on Fall Econ Course Restrictions: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/FallRestrictions* Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
66576	Lecture-Discussion	H3	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	209 David Kinley Hall	Poloni Sant Anna, V	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: International Trade Section Info: International Trade. This is a course on the economic relations between countries, its main structure is divided in two main topics: the microeconomic fundamentals of trade and the macroeconomic dynamics of international trade and capital flows. The first part of the course will be dedicated to discussing the economic fundamentals of trade to answer questions like: What are the divers of international trade relations? Who wins with trade? This is done through a discussion of the main historical theories accompanied by the analysis of the microeconomics of trade. REQUIRED PREREQUISITES: ECON 302. RECOMMENDED: MATH 231. *Course restricted to certain majors. Information on Fall Econ Course Restrictions: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/FallRestrictions* Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
72490	Lecture-Discussion	I3	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	152 Wohlers Hall	Arvan, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Econ of Organizations Section Info: The course focuses on the dual problems of first, providing coherence to activities within the organization and second, providing suitable motivation for organization members. Different members of the organization have different pieces of information. An effective organization addresses the dual problems by managing well the information asymmetries. This economics approach to organizations is compared and contrasted to non-economic approaches. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
66873	Lecture-Discussion	I4	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	152 Wohlers Hall	Arvan, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Econ of Organizations Section Info: The course focuses on the dual problems of first, providing coherence to activities within the organization and second, providing suitable motivation for organization members. Different members of the organization have different pieces of information. An effective organization addresses the dual problems by managing well the information asymmetries. This economics approach to organizations is compared and contrasted to non-economic approaches. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
72492	Lecture-Discussion	J3	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	206 David Kinley Hall	Armendariz Buaun, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Predictive Analytics Section Info: This course develops analytical tools to employ economic modeling and data to make better strategic decisions. The objective of this course is to foster data-driven critical-thinking skills through econometric analyses and statistical interpretation. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
72493	Lecture-Discussion	J4	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	206 David Kinley Hall	Armendariz Buaun, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Special Approval: Advisor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Predictive Analytics Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
66600	Lecture-Discussion	K3	11:00AM -12:20PM	MTWR	106 David Kinley Hall	Rodrigues Junior, M	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/21/19-12/11/19 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: International Trade Section Info: This course introduces students to economic models of international trade and empirical applications. The idea is to understand why countries trade and the consequences of trade policy. PREREQUISITES: ECON 203 and ECON 302 Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Economics department. Restricted to Computer Science & Economics or Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.