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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 | 87 of 100 | Rahul Giri | THH102 | ||
26004R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 20 of 25 | VKC201 | |||
26006R | 001 | Discussion | 12:00-12:50pm | Friday | 22 of 25 | VKC201 | |||
26010R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Monday | 20 of 26 | THH110 | |||
26012R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Wednesday | 25 of 26 | THH110 | |||
26001R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:15pm | Tue, Thu | 94 of 101 | Lodovico Pizzati | THH102 | ||
26014R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 24 of 26 | THHB10 | |||
26016R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 25 of 25 | THHB10 | |||
26024R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Tuesday | 22 of 25 | THH110 | |||
26026R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Thursday | 23 of 25 | THH110 |
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 | 99 of 103 | Rahul Giri | OHE122 | ||
26050R | 001 | Discussion | 12:00-12:50pm | Friday | 26 of 26 | THHB10 | |||
26052R | 001 | Discussion | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | 26 of 27 | THHB10 | |||
26054R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Monday | 25 of 26 | THH112 | |||
26056R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Wednesday | 22 of 24 | THH112 | |||
26062R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:45pm | Tue, Thu | 45 of 49 | Rubina Verma | GFS207 | ||
26074R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 22 of 24 | THH108 | |||
26080R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Tuesday | 23 of 25 | 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 | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 44 of 49 | Ladan Masoudie | LVL16 | ||
26084R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 42 of 49 | Giorgio Coricelli | THH116 | ||
26085R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 40 of 49 | Ergin Bayrak | MHP105 |
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 | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 21 of 49 | Rubina Verma | KAP156 | ||
26088R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 44 of 49 | Ladan Masoudie | KAP146 | ||
26089R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 41 of 49 | Mark Moore | VPD116 | ||
26090R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 16 of 49 | Lodovico Pizzati | KAP146 | ||
26092R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 48 of 50 | Caroline Betts | MHPB7B | PDF (399621 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 | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 44 of 49 | Ali Shahnawaz | KAP156 | ||
26094R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 45 | Manochehr Rashidian | KAP158 | ||
26096R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 35 of 49 | Manochehr Rashidian | 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 | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 43 of 49 | Ali Shahnawaz | GFS116 | ||
26101R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 42 of 49 | Manochehr Rashidian | WPHB28 | ||
26103R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 44 of 49 | Ratika Narag | KAP144 | ||
26105R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 49 | Baiyu Dong | GFS207 |
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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26106R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 67 of 68 | John Strauss | MHP105 |
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 | 46 of 50 | Mark Moore | THH114 | ||
26115R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 23 of 25 | VKC111 | |||
26117R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 23 of 25 | VKC111 |
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 | 6:00-7:50pm | Tue, Thu | 59 of 65 | Rahsan Akbulut | MHP105 | PDF (258073 KB) | |
26346R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 64 of 70 | Rahsan Akbulut | SOSB46 | PDF (258023 KB) | |
26348R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 74 of 76 | Rahsan Akbulut | HOHEDI | PDF (257914 KB) | |
26349R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Mon, Wed | 56 of 70 | Seda Durguner | SLH100 | PDF (571323 KB) | |
26350R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Tue, Thu | 39 of 65 | Daniel Simundza | ZHS252 | PDF (171608 KB) | |
26351R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 63 of 70 | Odilon Camara | HOHEDI | PDF (262723 KB) | |
26353R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 47 of 65 | Seda Durguner | MHP105 | PDF (571212 KB) | |
26354R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 67 of 70 | Odilon Camara | ZHS352 | PDF (262723 KB) | |
26356D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 64 of 70 | Odilon Camara | HOH2 | PDF (262723 KB) | |
26357R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 48 of 75 | Sena Durguner | JKP110 | PDF (572032 KB) | |
26358R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 62 of 65 | Daniel Simundza | SLH100 | PDF (171608 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 | 72 of 73 | Ayse Imrohoroglu | SOSB46 | ||
26362R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 72 of 73 | Selahattin Imrohoroglu | ZHS159 | PDF (145253 KB) | |
26363R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Tue, Thu | 71 of 72 | Mohammad Safarzadeh | SOSB46 | Word (175104 KB) | |
26364R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 73 of 75 | Selahattin Imrohoroglu | WPHB27 | PDF (142982 KB) | |
26365R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Mon, Wed | 71 of 75 | Fatemeh Nazarian | MHP106 | ||
26367R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 69 of 73 | Ayse Imrohoroglu | HOH2 | ||
26368R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 67 of 74 | Nir Jaimovich | JKP110 | PDF (315514 KB) | |
26369R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 69 of 70 | Nir Jaimovich | THH208 | PDF (315514 KB) | |
26370R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 70 of 71 | Mohammad Safarzadeh | THH208 | Word (175104 KB) | |
26371R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 70 of 71 | Fatemeh Nazarian | HOH2 | ||
26372R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Mon, Wed | 64 of 68 | Selahattin Imrohoroglu | MHP105 | PDF (142973 KB) |
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 | 47 of 49 | Michael Sproul | VPD116 | ||
26119R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 36 of 59 | Michael Sproul | KAP156 |
Urban trends and problems, including changing urban form and function, urban public finance, housing, renewal, poverty, race, transportation, and the environment.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26122R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 40 of 49 | Matthew Kahn | MHPB7B |
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 | 31 of 53 | Michael Sproul | GFS101 |
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 | 23 of 60 | Giorgio Coricelli | KAP158 |
Analysis of binary dependent variable models, panel data analysis, program evaluations, IV analysis, basics of time series and forecasting. Prerequisites: ECON 303, ECON 305, ECON 317, ECON 318; MATH 125, or MATH 126, or MATH 225, or MATH 226.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (ECON 303 or ECON 305 or ECON 317 or 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 | 8 of 49 | Juan Saavedra | KAP144 | PDF (78341 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 | 47 of 49 | Richard Easterlin | 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 | 7 of 30 | Hyungsik Moon | VKC102 |
Determinants and economic consequences of international trade patterns; effects of trade restrictions and trading blocs; trade negotiations and arrangements.
- Prerequisite: ECON 303
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26148R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:50pm | Tue, Thu | 42 of 49 | Ali Shahnawaz | KAP144 |
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 | 43 of 49 | Caroline Betts | GFS118 | PDF (401330 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 | 40 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 | Tue, Thu | 0 of 20 | Donald Yett | OFFICE | ||
26157R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 10 of 49 | Leandro Carvalho | VPD116 |
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 | Tue, Thu | 0 of 20 | Donald Yett | OFFICE | ||
26159R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 4 of 45 | Silvia Barcellos | VPD106 |
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 | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 46 of 49 | Jeffrey Dubin | VPD105 | Word (44858 KB) | |
26165R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 27 of 49 | Jeffrey Dubin | VPD105 | Word (44858 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 | 44 of 49 | Guofu Tan | VPD116 |
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 | 15 of 30 | 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 | 4 of 10 | 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 | 26 of 49 | Ergin Bayrak | VPD116 |
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 | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 55 of 60 | Marco Angrisani | THH210 |
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.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26200D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 12 of 45 | Jeff Nugent | MHPB7B |
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 | 4 of 10 | Young Miller | 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 | 2 of 10 | Young Miller | OFFICE |
Selected topics in economics as developed by the instructor.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26214D | 001 | 4.0 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 9 of 45 | Matthew Kahn | GFS207 |
General equilibrium theory; existence, uniqueness, and stability; welfare economics; social choice; dynamic models and uncertainty; special topics. Prerequisite: ECON 601.
- Prerequisite: ECON 601
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26218D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 25 | Michael Magill | KAP319 |
Strategies and equilibrium concepts; dynamic and repeated games; incomplete information and learning in games. Prerequisite: ECON 601.
- Prerequisite: ECON 601
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26220D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-11:50am | Thursday | 5 of 15 | Yilmaz Kocer | 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.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26222D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 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
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26184D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 20 of 25 | Hyungsik Moon | KAP159 |
Inference and prediction, generalized and restricted least squares, specification analysis, multivariate and seemingly unrelated regressions, simultaneous equations techniques, dynamic models, instrumental variable estimation. Prerequisite: ECON 609.
- Prerequisite: ECON 609
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26232D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 5 of 25 | Esfandiar Maasoumi | KAP335 | PDF (52318 KB) |
Simultaneous equation models, dynamic structural econometric models, vector autoregressions, causality, forecasting, univariate and multivariate nonstationary time series, tests for unit roots, cointegration, autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity models, time series models with changes in regime. Prerequisite: ECON 609.
- Prerequisite: ECON 609
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26234D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-11:50am | Monday | 13 of 25 | Hashem Pesaran | KAP319 |
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 | 8 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 | 7 of 20 | Juan Carrillo | KAP335 |
Household production models and intra-household models of behavior and their empirical implementation, focus on poverty, human resource investments and their interaction with public policies. Prerequisites: ECON 501 and ECON 609.
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26250D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 5 of 25 | John Strauss | KAP164 |
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 | 19 of 25 | Yu-Wei Hsieh | 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.
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26288D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:30pm | Thursday | 2 of 15 | Robert Dekle | 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 | 3 of 30 | Titus Galama, Leandro Carvalho | VPD110 |
Research leading to the doctorate. 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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26296D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | OFFICE |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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26298D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 5 of 10 | OFFICE |