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Economics (ECON)
- http://dornsife.usc.edu/econ/
- D class assignments for undergraduates available in KAP300; Phone: (213) 740-8335.
Behavior of firms and consumers, functions of the price system, competition and monopoly, labor markets, poverty, government regulation, international trade, and the environment.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: Register for one lecture and one discussion listed immediately following that lecture
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26000R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:45pm | Tue, Thu | 89 of 100 | Lodovico Pizzati | THH102 | ||
26004R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 22 of 25 | VHE210 | |||
26006R | 001 | Discussion | 12:00-12:50pm | Friday | 23 of 23 | VKC154 | |||
26010R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Monday | 21 of 27 | GFS107 | |||
26012R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Wednesday | 23 of 25 | GFS107 | |||
26001R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:15pm | Tue, Thu | 95 of 104 | Michael Sproul | THH102 | ||
26014R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 23 of 26 | VHE210 | |||
26016R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 22 of 25 | VHE206 | |||
26024R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Tuesday | 23 of 26 | KAP113 | |||
26026R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Thursday | 27 of 27 | KAP113 |
Unemployment, inflation and output determination and links.Effects of government taxation and spending on growth, investment,saving, consumption, and trade.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: Register for one lecture and one discussion listed immediately following that lecture
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26044R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:15pm | Mon, Wed | 105 of 109 | Ratika Narag | SGM124 | ||
26050R | 001 | Discussion | 12:00-12:50pm | Friday | 26 of 27 | KAP163 | |||
26052D | 001 | Discussion | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | 28 of 30 | KAP144 | |||
26054R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Monday | 26 of 27 | GFS223 | |||
26056R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Wednesday | 26 of 26 | GFS223 | |||
26062R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:45pm | Tue, Thu | 48 of 49 | Juliana Araujo | KAP144 | ||
26074R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 23 of 23 | KAP140 | |||
26080R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Tuesday | 25 of 26 | GFS107 |
Decision making by business firms, consumer preferences and behavior, uncertainty, competition, monopoly, labor and resource markets, efficient resource allocation, externalities, and government policy.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26082R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 47 of 49 | Ergin Bayrak | KAP144 | ||
26083R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 40 of 49 | Fanny Camara, Young Miller | ZHS163 | PDF (115385 KB) | |
26084R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 46 of 49 | Giorgio Coricelli | THH116 | ||
26085R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 52 of 52 | Ergin Bayrak | SOSB4 |
The determinants of aggregate income, employment, and inflation;economic fluctuations; fiscal and monetary policy; financialmarkets; the national debt.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26087R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 42 of 49 | David Zeke | KAP146 | PDF (551100 KB) | |
26088R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 41 of 49 | Ladan Masoudie | MHPB7B | ||
26089R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 43 of 49 | Mark Moore | KAP144 | ||
26092R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 49 of 49 | Caroline Betts | KAP156 | PDF (396034 KB) |
Introduction to statistical methods appropriate for analyzing economic data: probability theory, random variables and probability distributions, sampling, estimation, statistical inference.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26093R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 20 of 49 | Manochehr Rashidian | KAP146 | ||
26094R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 39 of 45 | Manochehr Rashidian | KAP158 | ||
26096R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 48 of 49 | Lodovico Pizzati | KAP156 |
Application of statistical methods to economic data: estimating economic relationships using regression analysis, testing hypotheses involving economic behavior, forecasting economic variables. Prerequisite: ECON-317. Duplicates credit in former ECON-414.
- Prerequisite: ECON 317
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26097R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 41 of 49 | Ratika Narag | MHPB7B | ||
26101R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 43 of 49 | Manochehr Rashidian | SOSB46 | ||
26103R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 18 of 49 | Baiyu Dong | KAP156 | ||
26105R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 46 of 49 | Yu-Wei Hsieh | KAP144 |
Contract law and economic organization, determinants of firm boundaries, transaction cost economics, agency theory, incomplete contracting, business strategy, bureaucracy, institutional environment, politics and property rights.
- Prerequisite: ECON 203
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26100R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 6 of 40 | Harrison Cheng, Young Miller | VPD106 |
Causes of economic underdevelopment: historical, institutional, structural, ideological, technological, cultural. Patterns and theories of development. Role of government, international trade, and education in economic growth.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26106D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 66 of 68 | John Strauss | VPD105 | Word (25669 KB) |
A comprehensive investigation of problems stemming from changing composition of the workforce, urban decline, new technologies, inequalities, ethnic relations, government deficits. Prospects for continued growth.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (ECON 203 or ECON 205)
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26114R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 31 of 50 | Mark Moore | VPD105 | ||
26115R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 12 of 25 | GFS228 | |||
26117R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 19 of 25 | KAP163 |
Development and business applications of: theory of the firm; theory of the consumer; inter-temporaldecisions; decisions under risk; market failures; industrial and enterprise structure. Prerequisites: MATH 118 or MATH 125 or MATH 126 or MATH 226. Not for major credit for: Economics, Economics/Mathematics, Social Sciences (Economics). Duplicates credit in former ECON 251.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26345R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 58 of 74 | Sena Durguner | HOH1 | PDF (571651 KB) | |
26346R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 57 of 75 | Seda Durguner | JFF LL105 | PDF (571625 KB) | |
26348R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 75 of 75 | Mick Swartz | HOHEDI | ||
26349R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Mon, Wed | 56 of 74 | Seda Durguner | HOH1 | PDF (571625 KB) | |
26350R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 56 of 74 | Sena Durguner | HOHEDI | PDF (571651 KB) | |
26351R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 71 of 74 | Reza Bavafa | HOHEDI | ||
26353R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 68 of 74 | Rahsan Akbulut | THH208 | PDF (24349 KB) | |
26354R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 70 of 74 | Rahsan Akbulut | THH208 | PDF (24349 KB) | |
26356R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 65 of 73 | Odilon Camara | JKP110 | PDF (251968 KB) | |
26358R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 66 of 73 | Odilon Camara | JKP110 | PDF (251968 KB) |
Theoretical development and significance to business and markets of economic growth; inflation;unemployment; monetary and fiscal policy; business cycles; savings and investment; exchange rates. Corequisite: ECON 351. Recommended preparation: introductory economics course, high school math, and algebra. Not for major credit for: Economics, Economics/Mathematics, Social Sciences (Economics). Duplicates credit in former ECON 252x.
- Corequisite: ECON 351
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26361R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 86 of 87 | Mark Griffiths | WPHB27 | ||
26362R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 79 of 80 | Mohammad Safarzadeh | JFF LL105 | PDF (257434 KB) | |
26363R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 64 of 79 | Reza Bavafa | JFF LL105 | ||
26364R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 80 of 80 | Mohammad Safarzadeh | JFF LL125 | PDF (256907 KB) | |
26365R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 76 of 79 | Lingwen Huang | JFF LL125 | PDF (165863 KB) | |
26367R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 75 of 79 | Selahattin Imrohoroglu | JFF LL125 | PDF (146463 KB) | |
26368R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 74 of 79 | Lingwen Huang | HOHEDI | PDF (165409 KB) | |
26370R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Tue, Thu | 72 of 79 | Lingwen Huang | HOHEDI | PDF (165607 KB) | |
26371R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 80 of 82 | Mark Griffiths | HOHEDI | ||
26372R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 71 of 73 | Fatemeh Nazarian | HOH1 |
The money, bond, stock, and other financial markets; portfolio choice; determinants of asset prices and interest rates; inflation; interactions between financial markets and government policies.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26118R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 48 of 49 | Michael Sproul | VPD116 | ||
26119R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 56 of 59 | Michael Sproul | KAP156 |
Selected policy dilemmas, including welfare reform, urban renewal, government budget deficits, regulation and deregulation, environmental problems, immigration, and global development. Lectures by leading authorities and weekly discussion sessions.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26128R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 44 of 49 | Michael Sproul | VPD116 |
Introduction to the methodology used in experimental neuroeconomics and discussion of neural correlates of decision-making. Prerequisite: ECON 303.
- Prerequisite: ECON 303
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26131R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 60 | Giorgio Coricelli | KAP144 |
Analysis of binary dependent variable models, panel data analysis, program evaluations, IV analysis, basics of time series and forecasting.
- Prerequisite: (ECON 303 and ECON 305 and ECON 317 and ECON 318) and 1 from (MATH 125 or MATH 126 or MATH 225 or MATH 226)
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26138R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 49 | Juan Saavedra | KAP158 | PDF (81839 KB) |
Examination of economic theories and patterns of behavior useful in building new theories. Prerequisite ECON-303; Recommended preparation: ECON-317.
- Prerequisite: ECON 303
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26340R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 5 of 49 | Agne Kajackaite | MHPB7B | Word (49664 KB) |
What is happiness? How does it vary by socio-economic status and over the life cycle? This course will develop insight into the nature and determinants of subjective well-being. Recommended preparation: ECON 305
- Prerequisite: ECON 303
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26142D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 48 of 49 | Richard Easterlin, Daehyun Kim | KAP146 |
Analysis of economic variables; investigation of empirical economics to estimate or test for relationships using various forms of data. Prerequisite: ECON 303, ECON 305, ECON 317 and ECON 318.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26143R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 6 of 30 | Hyungsik Roger Moon | GFS104 |
Common law and property; rationing of justice; resource allocation between prevention and enforcement; division of decision making between public and private sectors.
- Prerequisite: ECON 303
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26144R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 47 of 51 | Ed Mc Caffery | VPD116 |
Economic approaches and political processes are used to explain observed international trade policy choices. Topics covered include globalization, regionalism, labor standards, the environment and sanctions. Recommended preparation: Micro- and Macroeconomics.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the IR department but may qualify for major credit in ECON. To register, enroll in IR 430.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37935D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | Iva Bozovic | VKC152 |
Consequences of trade deficits; theories of capital and currency markets, exchange rate regimes, and international monetary coordination.
- Prerequisite: ECON 305
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26152R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 21 of 49 | Caroline Betts | GFS118 | PDF (409842 KB) |
General equilibrium analysis of economics with financial markets; decision making under uncertainty; methods of risk reduction; portfolio theory and valuation of securities; efficiency of security markets.
- Prerequisite: ECON 303
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26154R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 46 of 49 | Ladan Masoudie | GFS118 |
A human capital interpretation of labor demand and supply; wage determination, differentials, and discrimination; job turnover and occupational mobility; unions and collective bargaining.
- Prerequisite: ECON 303
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26156D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 20 | Donald Yett | KAP150 | ||
26157R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 9 of 49 | Marco Angrisani | VPD106 |
Health as an investment in human capital; analysis of the demand for and supply of health services and manpower; health insurance; cost-effectiveness analysis; market structures and the pricing of medical services.
- Prerequisite: ECON 303
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26158D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 0 of 20 | Donald Yett | KAP150 | ||
26159R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 8 of 45 | Maria Jose Prados | WPHB28 | PDF (129049 KB) |
Economic consulting and managerial economic methods applied in real world problems. Economic methods to analyze issues of intellectual property, environmental damage, trademark infringement, brand value, and consumer demand. Prerequisite: ECON 303.
- Prerequisite: ECON 303
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26161R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 29 of 49 | Jeffrey Dubin | VPD116 | PDF (324744 KB) |
Pricing and resource allocation in imperfectly competitive markets; monopoly regulation, collusion, cartels, mergers and antitrust; patents and development incentives; industry case studies.
- Prerequisite: ECON 303
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26162R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 23 of 49 | Ladan Masoudie | KAP146 |
Introduces economic consulting and applied econometric methods applied to real world problems. Teaches economic methods to analyze issues of intellectual property, environmental damage, trademark infringement, brand value, and consumer demand
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26167R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 10 of 49 | Jeffrey Dubin | VPD116 | PDF (413055 KB) |
Management and extraction of renewable and non-renewable natural resources; environmental externalities and regulation of air, water, and land pollution; market incentives versus direct regulation.
- Prerequisite: ECON 303
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26166R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 49 of 55 | Matthew Kahn | THH116 |
Supervised individual research. Not available for graduate credit. Requires departmental approval.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26168D | 001 | 2.0-8.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 19 of 30 | Joshua Aizenman,Young Miller | OFFICE |
Individual research supervised by a faculty advisor. Successful completion required for departmental honors degree.
- Note: Register for lecture and discussion
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26170D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 9 of 10 | Joshua Aizenman,Young Miller | OFFICE |
Theories of the household and the firm; product and factor markets; perfect and imperfect competition; welfare criteria.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26174D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 22 of 25 | Ergin Bayrak | VPD116 |
Students will cover large ground in applying game theory to economic and financial markets and interactions in a diverse set of examples like reputation, herding, bubbles and crashes, auctions, strategic information revelation and information accumulation in markets. We will witness the wide range of applications that is amenable to game theoretical analysis.
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26181D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 33 of 35 | Yilmaz Kocer | KAP144 |
Application of econometric tools using standard econometric software packages for microcomputers; empirical applications to selected economic problems of estimation and inference. Prerequisite: ECON 318.
- Prerequisite: ECON 318
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26186D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 47 of 49 | Geert Ridder | KDC240 | PDF (49243 KB) |
Information, property rights, bargaining, transaction costs, incentives, free-riding and contracting in organizations; the nature of cooperation; bureaucracies.
- Prerequisite: ECON 303
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26194D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 23 of 35 | Harrison Cheng, Young Miller | KAP163 |
Development, underdevelopment and the problems thereof; agriculture, industry, trade, population, human capital, capital formation; structural, technological, environmental and institutional changes; political economy of the state.
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26200D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 45 | Jeff Nugent | KAP147 |
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26206D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | OFFICE |
Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26208D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | OFFICE |
General equilibrium theory; existence, uniqueness, and stability; welfare economics; social choice; dynamic models and uncertainty; special topics. Prerequisite: ECON-601.
- Prerequisite: ECON 601
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26218D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 12 of 25 | Michael Magill | KAP319 |
Macroeconomic theory based on the concepts of optimal growth and intertemporal equilibrium; overlapping generations models; recent developments in macroeconomic theory. Prerequisites: ECON-601 and ECON-602.
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26222D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 13 of 25 | Joel David | KAP148 |
Review of statistical methods of estimation and inference, linear regression with multicollinearity and serial correlation; multivariate regression and simultaneous equations. Prerequisite: ECON 611. Duplicates credit in former ECON 511.
- Prerequisite: ECON 611
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26184D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 14 of 25 | Hyungsik Roger Moon | VKC206 |
Laboratory methods for testing economic theory; experimental comparison of alternative market and non-market institutions; identification of behavioral responses to alternative regulations. Prerequisite: ECON-500 or ECON-601.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26240D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-3:50pm | Monday | 5 of 25 | Isabelle Brocas | KAP335 |
Experimental methods relying on non-choice data. Design methods of experiments that record information in decision-making and physiological data of emotions. Prerequisites: ECON-620a and ECON 601. Recommended preparation: ECON 616. Graded C/NC.
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26249D | 001 | Lecture-Lab | 10:30-11:50am | Thursday | 2 of 20 | Juan Carrillo | KAP335 |
Econometric analysis of industrial organization issues including industry regulation and deregulation, collusions and pricing in differentiated oligopolistic markets, entry and exit, auction mechanisms, contractual relationships. Prerequisites: ECON-601 and ECON-603. Recommended preparation: ECON 600, ECON 603, ECON 612, ECON 615, ECON 680.
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26278D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 9 of 25 | Yu-Wei Hsieh | KAP319 |
Current research in economic theory presented by faculty, students, and outside scholars. Graded CR/NC.
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26280D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:30pm | Monday | 3 of 15 | Juan Carrillo | KAP319 |
Topics in dynamic economics involving business fluctuations, economic growth and development, microeconomic adjustments and market mechanisms; related quantitative and qualitative methods; empirical research involving economic change. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26288D | 001 | Lecture | 10:30-12:00pm | Thursday | 6 of 15 | Joel David | KAP319 |
Presentations on current research in empirical microeconomics by outstanding scholars from leading Economics departments and faculty at USC. Open only to Economics Ph.D. students. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Economics
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26291D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Monday | 4 of 30 | Juan Saavedra,Doerte Junghaenel, Young Miller | VPD110 |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
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26298D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 3 of 10 | OFFICE |