2007-09 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

Graduate Catalog: Section 7.6.2http://graduate.ua.edu/catalog/18700.htmleffectiveness of monetary policies.EC 622 Seminar in Public Finance (same as FI 622). Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 581 or equivalent.A seminar on recent developments in public economics, with emphasis on the theory of taxation including taxincentives and tax incidence.EC 623 Public Expenditure and Policy Analysis. Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 510 or equivalent.A survey of the public-economics literature, with emphasis on the theory of public goods, public choice, and incomedistribution policies.EC 630 International Trade Theory. Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 610 or permission of the instructor.A survey of selected topics in international trade with emphasis on the basis for trade and the welfare effects of tradepolicy.EC 631 Seminar in International Finance (same as FI 631). Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 531 or equivalent.A survey of the most important professional literature dealing with international financial management.EC 640 Theory of Risk and Insurance (same as FI 640). Three hours.Prerequisite: Graduate standing.Foundation of insurance in risk theory and its problems and practices.EC 641 Seminar in the International Economics of Development. Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 430, EC 440, or equivalent.Consideration of advanced literature in international economics, with emphasis on those issues that relate to lessdeveloped countries: trade, multinational enterprise, and external debt problems.EC 650 Seminar in Economic Thought. Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 550 or equivalent.An examination of the literature on economic analysis and policy. The course aims at establishing a synthesis ofevolving doctrines that have become, and are formulating, the basis of accepted economic theory and policy.EC 653 Comparative Economic Systems. Three hours.A comparative analysis of market and non-market theoretical economic systems from the viewpoint of economicwelfare.EC 660 Game Theory. Three hours.Prerequisites: EC 610 and EC 470.An introduction to non-cooperative game theory. Emphasis on applications in microeconomics and macroeconomics.EC 670 Econometrics. Three hours.Prerequisites: EC 570, ST 551.Introduction to methods of analyzing economic data. Topics include linear and non-linear least squares, maximumlikelihood estimation, statistical inference, and methods for handling data problems.EC 671 Seminar in Econometrics. Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 571 or equivalent.A study of selected topics and problems in econometrics emphasizing methodology for economic researchmeasurements.EC 672 Financial Econometric Modeling. Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 571 or ST 570.The application of econometric time-series methods to financial data. GARCH, nonlinear and cointegration models willbe emphasized.EC 698 Research in Economics. Three hours.These courses consist of supervised study and investigation of specific problems in economics. They are open only tograduate students nearing completion of coursework for the degree.EC 699 Dissertation Research. Variable credit. Three-hour minimum.THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GRADUATE CATALOG:: TABLE OF CONTENTSThe Graduate School | UA Catalogs | Graduate Publications | Contact Update: Sep. 2007