ECON 490

Spring 2021 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 spring 2021
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
61881	Online	A3	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	n.a.	Perry, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Consumer & Investor Protection Section Info: RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions DESCRIPTION: This course examines the legal protections for consumers and investors from false or misleading advertising and other deceptive marketing practices. The course discusses the legal remedies under the common law doctrine of fraud, but spends most of the time on the laws and regulations against these practices that are enforced by government agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. For each topic, we will discuss the economic arguments for and against the regulations. Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
64111	Online	A4	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	n.a.	Perry, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Consumer & Investor Protection Section Info: See section A3 for description. Graduate students seeking enrollment must receive instructor permission before emailing econug@illinois.edu to request permission. Students enrolled in this section are to contact the instructor for details on completing a paper or project beyond the standard course work to earn the additional credit hour. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
67468	Online	B3	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	n.a.	Dalla Costa, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Brazilian Multinat'l Companies Section Info: RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions DESCRIPTION: The objective of this course is to explore the participation of Brazilian multinationals in the economic development of Brazil between 1970 until 2018. The course is about Multilatinas, companies from Latin American countries that have entered the international market. After analyzing the theories, the stages of the internationalization process of Brazilian companies will be presented, whose main expansion started in the 1970s and 1980s, but intensified in the first decades of the 21st century. Finally, cases of Brazilian companies that have gone international will be presented. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
67475	Online	B4	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	n.a.	Dalla Costa, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Brazilian Multinat'l Companies Section Info: See section B3 for course description. Graduate students seeking enrollment must receive instructor permission before emailing econug@illinois.edu to request permission. Students enrolled in this section are to contact the instructor for details on completing a paper or project beyond the standard course work to earn the additional credit hour. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
64032	Online	C3	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	n.a.	Zare, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Numerical Methods in Economics Section Info: RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions DESCRIPTION: Learn to combine the computational power of open source platforms and the inferential power of econometric methods to construct large scale datasets and do economic analysis on them. An intermediate knowledge of statistical and econometrics methods is required. Part 1: Students will construct large datasets from publicly available administrative healthcare, public health, and corporate finance data. Part 2: Students will apply standard econometric methods to these datasets. Students will also learn to apply some of the newly developed classification methods, such as random forests, and neural networks. Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
64022	Online	D3	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	n.a.	Howard, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: International Finance Section Info: RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions DESCRIPTION: This class covers topics in international finance, including exchange rates, current accounts, currency unions, and risk. There is a particular emphasis on understanding different types of financial crises. The course will cover theoretical models (including some basic calculus) and case studies. **PREREQUISITE: Students are expected to have taken ECON 202 and 303. Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
64023	Online	D4	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	n.a.	Howard, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: International Finance Section Info: See section D3 for course description. Graduate students seeking enrollment must receive instructor permission before emailing econug@illinois.edu to request permission. Students enrolled in this section are to contact the instructor for details on completing a paper or project beyond the standard course work to earn the additional credit hour. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
57409	Online	E3	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	n.a.	Oolman, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Applied Machine Learning: Econ Section Info: RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictionsApplied DESCRIPTION: This 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. **PREREQUISITES: ECON 203 & 302, MATH 220/221 Required; ECON 471 or Econometrics knowledge Highly Recommended (we will expect you to be comfortable with econometrics). Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
62266	Online	F3	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	n.a.	Toossi, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Economics of Coordination Section Info: RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions DESCRIPTION: 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 Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
57387	Online	F4	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	n.a.	Toossi, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Special Approval: Advisor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Economics of Coordination Section Info: *OPEN SEATS RESTRICTED TO MSPE STUDENTS* See section F3 for course description. All students enrolled in THIS section are to contact the instructor for details on completing a paper or project beyond the standard course work to earn the additional credit hour. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
70381	Lecture-Discussion	G3	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	134 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall	Ghosh, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Economic Growth Section Info: RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions DESCRIPTION: 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. Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
70371	Online	H3	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	n.a.	Armendariz Buaun, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Predictive Analytics Section Info: RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions DESCRIPTION: 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 Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
70456	Online	H4	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	n.a.	Armendariz Buaun, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Special Approval: Advisor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Predictive Analytics Section Info: *OPEN SEATS RESTRICTED TO MSPE STUDENTS* See section H3 for course description. All students enrolled in THIS section are to contact the instructor for details on completing a paper or project beyond the standard course work to earn the additional credit hour. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
59299	Online	I3	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	n.a.	Amir Ahmadi, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Macroeconometric Plcy Analysis Section Info: RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions DESCRIPTION: 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. Restriction(s): Restricted to Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ or Computer Science & Economics major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
64024	Online	I4	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	n.a.	Amir Ahmadi, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Special Approval: Advisor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Macroeconometric Plcy Analysis Section Info: *OPEN SEATS RESTRICTED TO MSPE STUDENTS* See section I3 for course description. All students enrolled in THIS section are to contact the instructor for details on completing a paper or project beyond the standard course work to earn the additional credit hour. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.
59202	Online	K3	8:00AM -9:20AM	MW	n.a.	Weinstein, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Nonlinear Econometric Models Section Info: RESTRICTION INFO: https://go.economics.illinois.edu/SpringRestrictions DESCRIPTION: Duration analysis is used to address a wide range of questions relevant for policy organizations, central banks, the financial sector, and industry generally. Examples of these questions include: what is the probability that an individual will exit unemployment this week, given he has been unemployed for the past eight weeks; what is the probability that an individual defaults on their mortgage this month given they have not defaulted for the past 12 months; what is the probability that a firm adopts a new technology this year conditional on not having adopted for the past 3 years, and how does this depend on the firm’s market share. The goal of this course is to develop the tools to understand, estimate, and interpret duration analysis models—statistical models used to analyze duration data. Students will gain practical experience organizing data and writing code for statistical software to estimate these models and better understand economic phenomena. **PREREQUISITES: ECON 302 or 303, and ECON 471. Restriction(s): Restricted to Computer Science & Economics or Economics or Econometrics & Quant Econ major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
62505	Online	K4	8:00AM -9:20AM	MW	n.a.	Weinstein, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Special Approval: Advisor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Nonlinear Econometric Models Section Info: *OPEN SEATS RESTRICTED TO MSPE STUDENTS* See section K3 for course description. All students enrolled in THIS section are to contact the instructor for details on completing a paper or project beyond the standard course work to earn the additional credit hour. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Economics:Policy Econ -UIUC.