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ECON 635: Money and Banking4Study of interest rates, financial markets, financial institutions, monetary institutions, the supply of money, the demand for money, monetary theory, and monetary policy. Prereq: ECON 401 and 402.
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ECON 645: International Economics4Covers both international trade theory and open-economy macroeconomics. Some of the major issues include whether free trade is always preferred to restricted trade, the controversy over industrial policy and how best to structure the international financial system. Students gain an understanding of topics including currency exchange rate movements, macroeconomic adjustment mechanisms and trade policy, among others. Prereq: ECON 401 and 402.
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ECON 698: Topics4Special topics. May be repeated. Prereq: permission. Writing intensive.
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ECON 711: Economic Fluctuations4Recurrent movements of prosperity and depression; emphasis on causes and pubic policy implications. Prereq: ECON 611;/or permission. Writing intensive.
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ECON 735: Economics of Financial Markets4Economic analysis of financial market systems. Topics include financial market functions, theories of saving and investment, financial intermediation, flow-of-funds analysis, loanable funds theory, interest rate forecasting, portfolio theory, capital-asset pricing models, structure of interest rates (including term-structure theory), and macroeconomic models of the financial sector. Prereq: ECON 635.
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ECON 736: Seminar in Monetary Theory and Policy4Contemporary developments in monetary theory and the evaluation of policy measures. Prereq: ECON 635. Writing intensive.
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ECON 746: International Finance4International monetary mechanism; balance of payments, international investment; exchange rates, adjustment systems, international liquidity, foreign aid, multinational corporations. Prereq: ECON 611; ECON 645. Writing intensive.
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ECON 798: Topics: Industrial Organization1Special Topics Course