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Prerequisite: ECON 306 and junior standing or permission of the instructor. This course applies the economic theory to public policy. Careful examination of government taxation, expenditure, and regulation at the local, state, and federal levels will be carried out with a view to how such policies may impact the public welfare.

Prerequisites: PSCI 203, PSCI 210 or PSCI 215 and ECON 310 or permission of the instructor. This is a comparative course on the making and implementing of environmental policies in developed and developing countries. The focus is on the evolution of environmental policymaking and on the problems associated with implementing environmental policies in different political and institutional contexts.

Prerequisite: ECON 305 and ECON 306 or permission of the instructor. The doctrines of the great economists: Mercantilist, physiocrat, classical and Keynesian schools of thought; the relation of economic thought to contemporary institutions.

Prerequisites: ECON 205, ECON 206 and ECON 305. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors, or permission of instructor. This course examines the macroeconomic aspects of international economics. Economic theories are developed to rigorously analyze the issues in balance of payments, exchange rate determination and global capital markets. Topics of current interest such as developing country debt, stabilization and economic reform will be studied.

Prerequisites: ECON 305 and ECON 306 or permission of the instructor. Study of specific problems in economics through individual research, reports and group discussion.

Prerequisites: ECON 206, ECMG 303, ECON 306 and MGMT 314. Open to juniors and seniors, or by permission of the instructor. This course introduces students to international finance and institutions. Topics covered are exchange rate determination theories, international corporate finance, international portfolio diversification models, foreign exchange risk, hedging strategies, foreign exchange options, and derivatives market.

Prerequisites: ECON 205 and ECON 206, and ECMG 212 or MATH 112, and either ECON 305 or ECON 306. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors, or permission of the instructor. An introduction to quantitative analysis of economic phenomena. The course emphasizes techniques of estimating economic relationships, testing economic theories and forecasting economic variables. Attention is given to real-world applications.

Prerequisite: By invitation of the department. The departmental honors paper is a two-semester senior-year program designed for students who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers. Departmental honors students are known as the Christine P. Tischer Scholars and receive 6 credits for this work.

Prerequisite: By invitation of the department. The departmental honors paper is a two-semester senior-year program designed for students who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers. Departmental honors students are known as the Christine P. Tischer Scholars and receive 6 credits for this work.