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Labor economics examines the organization, functioning and outcomes of labor markets; the decisions of prospective and present labor market participants; and the public policies relating to the employment and payment of labor resources.

The course teaches students to use economic concepts to critically evaluate social, political and business decisions regarding environmental resource use, environmental regulation and environmental degradation. Students will gain insight into how to respond as business decision-makers to environmental regulations and to increased global competition for scarce resources.

This course is designed to provide students with an introduction and overview of development economics. The course will focus on the economies of countries other than the United States, explore the interaction between the developed and the less-developed economies of the world, and examine international trade and environmental issues in developing countries.

This course analyzes consumer choice theory; the theory of production; competitive, oligopolistic and monopolistic market structures; and behavioral economics.

This course is designed to analyze the domestic and international impacts of public policy on GDP, employment, inflation, the trade deficit and budget surplus, the international flow of capital, foreign exchange rate variations and international competitiveness.

Game theory is the study of behavior in the context of strategic interdependence. It is critical to understanding behavior and outcomes when an individual's welfare depends on both their own choices and the choices of others. This course introduces the core concepts of game theory, including modeling strategic interdependence, dominant, dominated, and rationalizable strategies, best replies, Nash equilibria in pure, continuous and mixed strategies, repeated games, extensive-form games and subgame perfection, imperfect and asymmetric information, auctions, voting, bargaining, mechanism design, and evolutionary game theory. Applications include topics in economics, business, politics, sports, and life.

This course will guide students to better understand historical events by utilizing their knowledge of economic methods. We will analytically apply economic theory and other mathematical methods to the study of history. The goal will be to understand why major changes in our socioeconomic environment have taken place over the passage of human history. For example, we will learn why certain civilizations conquered others, why certain regions are wealthier than others, and we will study the determinants of human prosperity in order to be able to understand how we have become so rich relative to our ancestors.  

This course provides the core microeconomic theories needed to understand the health care markets in both the developed and developing world. Topics will include basic microeconomic models, demand for health care, supply of health care, insurance markets, and country-specific health care systems. The content of this course will help you evaluate health policy debates from an economic framework and interpret empirical evidence in health economics.