Introduction to experimental methods in economics, with focus on laboratory studies of economic behaviour. Prerequisites: ECON 109, ECON 281 and 299 or equivalent.
Fall Term 2021 Winter Term 2022A survey of the behavior and performance of firms in different market structures and discussion of public policy toward the different structures. Prerequisites: ECON 109 and ECON 281. Note: Not open to students with credit in ECON 471 or 472.
Fall Term 2021 Winter Term 2022Designed for majors and Honors students in Economics. Extensions and applications of microeconomic theory: intertemporal choice, risk, uncertainty and expected utility; oligopoly and game theory; externalities, public goods, adverse selection, moral hazard, and asymmetric information; general equilibrium. Prerequisites: ECON 109, ECON 281 and 299 or equivalent, and MATH 156 or equivalent.
Fall Term 2021 Winter Term 2022Difference and differential equations, linear inequalities, convexity, programming; assorted theorems of special use in modern economic analysis. Prerequisites: ECON 109 and ECON 386.
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