Upper-Division

Theory and analysis of long-run and short-run forecasts of economic activity. Emphasis is on empirical applications. Applications of forecasting techniques in organizational settings.

A seminar in advanced microeconomics focusing on a selection of theoretical issues. Emphasis is on detailed modeling and analysis of microeconomic behavior.

Emphasizes class discussion and term papers for social science, philosophy, and biology majors. Covers the development and recent trends of evolutionary thought in biology and social sciences including social Darwinism, sociobiology, evolutionary psychology, and evolutionary game theory.

Theories of justice, equity, and rights in economics and their applications to such issues as wages, taxation, property rights, welfare programs, and globalization. Students get extensive practice in writing persuasive, argumentative essays.

Critical examination of ethical principals, theories, and their application to business, nonprofit, and public organizations; exploration of the process of ethical decision making and ethical problems facing managers, including corporate social responsibility, work place democracy, consumer safety, environmental protection and international business conduct.

Covers the principles and methodology of fraud detection and deterrence. Includes topics such as skimming, cash larceny, check tampering, register disbursement schemes, billing schemes, payroll and expense reimbursement schemes, non-cash misappropriations, corruption, accounting principles and fraud, fraudulent financial statements, and interviewing witnesses.

Study of economics of agricultural change in less developed countries. Problems, promises of food production and distribution; ecological, social, economic, political constraints to increased agricultural production; price policies, land tenure systems; technological change; employment problems; international aspects of agricultural development. Course 120 is strongly recommended as preparation.

Examination of the economic status of Asian-Americans in the U.S. focusing on the strategies of adaptation found by different groups with particular emphasis on the role of ethnic enterprises.

Analyzes the adoption, timing, sequencing, relative economic performance of different market-friendly economic reform strategies. Explores issues of shock therapy versus gradualism, connections between form of regime (democracy or dictatorship) and economic reform packages, and strengths and limitations of a rational-choice theoretic approach to explaining outcomes.

Focuses on marketing and society and the environmental problems which affect marketing managers and corporate strategy. Evaluates the relationships between the environment and the business world, and explores the political and economic concepts that underlie environmental thinking.

Laboratory sequence discussing business simulation game associated with course 136. One three-hour session in microcomputer lab.

A comparative study of major European economies since 1945. Focuses on the alternative means with which European countries have pursued social and economic objectives. The approach is analytical and requires a thorough background in micro- and macroeconomics.

Study of centrally planned systems and their problems of transition to market mechanisms. Focus on issues of resource mechanisms, income distribution, and the role of ideology in economic decisions.

Evolution of the economic system of China since 1949. Focus on problems of transition to a market-based economy, the sharp contrasts between Maoist and non-Maoist approaches to economic development, and the persistence of Maoist economic features.

Deals with various aspects of the contemporary Japanese economy. The first part of the course focuses on the domestic structure, with emphasis on the internal structure of the Japanese firms. The second part focuses on trade issues of Japan.

The growth, size, and composition of post WW II military expenditures are analyzed in terms of alternate theories-mainstream, Marxist, bureaucracy, and private interest group-followed by analysis of the economic effects and effectiveness of military expenditures in the U.S.

Rigorous micro and welfare economic analysis of urban problems, both positive and normative. Problems include housing, transportation, location of firms, land use, city size, and environmental quality.

Involves the programmatic application of microeconomics, macroeconomics, international trade and finance, and monetary theory to give an economic and strategic analysis of the issues and preparation of actual legal trials and hearings using economic evidence.

The economics of real estate, including development, financing, construction and land costs, zoning, land use, externalities, and planning. Also considers speculation and real estate appreciation.