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segregation; urban industrial structure and spatial distribution of jobs; and impact of metropolitan political structure on
urban sprawl and provision of public goods. Prerequisites: Intermediate Microeconomics (Economics 105D) required;
Econometrics (Economics 139D) strongly recommended. Instructor: Bayer. 3 units.
276. Mathematical Economics. Topics include a review of differential and integral calculus; overview of matrix algebra,
comparative statics, constrained optimization; introduction to differential equations and difference equations.
Prerequisite: basic knowledge of differential and integral calculus. Instructor: Rubio-Ramirez or staff. 3 units.
277. Game Theory. An introduction to non-cooperative game theory with emphasis on both games of complete
information and games of incomplete information. Application from economics, biology, law, and political science.
Offered only in the summer. Prerequisite: Economics 205. Instructor: Taylor. 1.5 units.
278. Mathematical Economics II. Addresses more formal mathematical modeling in economics and provides an
introduction to real analysis and mathematical dynamics. Offered only in the summer. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
279. Advanced Microeconomics II. Formal theory and developing proofs; attention paid to empirical implications of
theory. Offered only in the summer. Instructor: Staff. 1.5 units.
284. Global Health Supply, Organization and Financing. Overview of choices countries make structuring health care
delivery, financing systems, cost effectiveness and cost benefit analysis. Hospitals, physicians and pharmaceuticals in
low/middle income countries. Instructor: Sloan. 3 units. C-L: Global Health Certificate 284, Public Policy Studies 284
284S. Financial Development and History. Development of financial institutions and markets across civilizations and
time. The political, economic, and institutional factors which influenced that evolution and the theoretical implications
for contemporary emerging markets. Prerequisite: Economics 151, 181 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Toniolo. 3
units.
285. Economics of Global Health. Application of economic methods to examine key emerging issues in global health,
with focus on health disparities. Emphasis on using economic models to better understand global health challenges and
using econometric methods to empirically test hypotheses that seek to explain global health disparities. Discuss
measurement o of health and data quality. Explores individual, family and society-level determinants of health; impact
of health on economic and social prosperity; demand and supply of health care. Discuss policy implications in each case.
Instructor: Thomas. 3 units.
286. Economic Growth and Development Policy. 3 units. C-L: see Public Policy Studies 286
287. Public Finance. Same as Economics 187, but requires additional graduate-level work; not open to students who
have taken Economics 187. Prerequisite: Economics 105D. Instructor: Falba or staff. 3 units.
288. Competitive Strategy and Industrial Organization. Foundations of the field of industrial organization, including
the theory of the firm, models of competition, market structure, pricing and dynamic models. Emphasis on theory with
support from specific industries, including telecommunications, retail and airlines. Similar to Economics 188, but
requires additional assignment. Not open to students who have taken Economics 188. Instructor: Beresteanu, Khan, or
Yildrim. 3 units.
289. Applied Econometrics II. Time series analysis, non-linear and systems modeling, limited dependent variables, and
hazard models. Probability and distribution theory, and statistical inference. Issues of functional form, qualitative form,
qualitative choice models, pooled time series and cross-sectional data, and more advance time series topics. Offered only
in the summer. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
290S. The Development of Modern Economic Thought. Selective survey of the development of economic thinking in
the twentieth century, with emphasis on the construction of economics as a science. Research papers required. (Similar
to Economics 190, but requires an additional assignment. Not open to students who have taken Economics 190).
Prerequisite: Economics 55D. Instructor: Weintraub. 3 units.
291. European Economic History. Covers period since the late eighteenth century. Topics include: modern economic
growth in historical perspective, the industrial revolution, the standard-of-living debate, patterns of European growth
(with case studies of France, Germany, Italy, and Russia), the classical gold standard, the economic consequences of
World War II, the great depression, postwar reconstruction, and the European ''miracle'' of the 1950s and 1960s.
Prerequisites: Economics 105D; and Economics 110D. Instructor: Toniolo. 3 units.
293. Research Independent Study. Individual research in a field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty
member, the central goal of which is a substantive paper or written report containing significant analysis and interpretation
of a previously approved topic. Consent of instructor and director of graduate studies or MA program director
required. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
294. Independent Study. Individual non-research, directed reading, or individual project in a field of special interest
under the supervision of a faculty member. Consent of instructor and director of graduate studies or MA program
director required. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
295. Selected Topics in Economics. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
295S. Selected Topics in Economics. Seminar version of Economics 295. 3 units.
296. Selected Topics in Economics. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
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