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242 <strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Alabama</strong>EC 623 Public Expenditure and Policy Analysis. Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 510 or equivalent.A survey <strong>of</strong> the public-economics literature, with emphasis on the theory <strong>of</strong> public goods,public choice, and income distribution policies.EC 630 International Trade <strong>The</strong>ory. Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 610 or permission <strong>of</strong> the instructor.A survey <strong>of</strong> selected topics in international trade with emphasis on the basis for tradeand the welfare effects <strong>of</strong> trade policy.EC 631 Seminar in In ter na tion al Finance (same as FI 631). Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 531 or equivalent.A survey <strong>of</strong> the most important pr<strong>of</strong>essional literature dealing with international fi nancialmanagement.EC 640 <strong>The</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> Risk and Insurance (same as FI 640). Three hours.Prerequisite: <strong>Graduate</strong> standing.Foundation <strong>of</strong> insurance in risk theory and its problems and practices.EC 641 Seminar in the In ter na tion al Eco nom ics <strong>of</strong> Development. Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 430, EC 440, or equivalent.Consideration <strong>of</strong> advanced literature in international economics, with emphasis onthose issues that relate to less developed countries: trade, multinational enterprise,and external debt problems.EC 650 Seminar in Economic Thought. Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 550 or equiv a lent.An examination <strong>of</strong> the literature on economic analysis and policy. <strong>The</strong> course aims atestablishing a synthesis <strong>of</strong> evolving doctrines that have become, and are formulating,the basis <strong>of</strong> accepted economic theory and policy.EC 653 Comparative Economic Systems. Three hours.A comparative analysis <strong>of</strong> market and non-market theoretical economic systems fromthe viewpoint <strong>of</strong> economic welfare.EC 660 Game <strong>The</strong>ory. Three hours.Prerequisites: EC 610 and EC 470.An introduction to non-cooperative game theory. Emphasis on applications in mi cro eco -nom ics and macroeconomics.EC 671 Seminar in Econometrics. Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 571 or equivalent.A study <strong>of</strong> selected topics and problems in econo met rics emphasizing methodology foreconomic research measurements.EC 672 Financial Econometric Modeling. Three hours.Prerequisite: EC 571 or ST 570.<strong>The</strong> application <strong>of</strong> econometric time-series methods to fi nancial data. GARCH, nonlinearand cointegration models will be emphasized.EC 698 Research in Economics. Three hours.<strong>The</strong>se courses consist <strong>of</strong> supervised study and investigation <strong>of</strong> specifi c problems ineconomics. <strong>The</strong>y are open only to graduate students nearing completion <strong>of</strong> courseworkfor the degree.EC 699 Dissertation Research. Variable credit. Three-hour minimum.

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