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on a regular basis. Prerequisites: Field Examinations in Econometrics and Finance, Econ 380
taken concurrently. Instructors: Bollerslev and Tauchen. 1.5 units.
385M. Research Seminar in Macro and International Finance. Discuss and analyze in
detail recent papers on Macroeconomics and International Finance. Serves as formal
environment in which students present and evaluate research on a regular basis. Participants
required to make presentations as directed by instructor and play active role in discussions.
Prerequisite: Economics 380 taken concurrently. Instructors: Burnside, Connolly,
Kimbrough, Peretto, Rubio-Ramirez, and Weinke. 1.5 units.
385T. Research Seminar in Economics Theory. Student's own field and research papers
will be used as basis for developing modeling skills in microeconomic theory including
Contract Theory, Decision Theory, Game Theory, General Equilibrium, Industrial
Organization, Mechanism Design, political economy, and Public Economics. Explore and
develop methods and techniques for deriving economically interesting implications of
assumptions on primitives. Write and refine original research papers, present work, and
evaluate fellow students in route to dissertation prospectus. Prerequisite: Economics 380
taken concurrently. Instructors: Besharov, Graham, Kranton, Taylor, and Yildirim. 1.5
units.
388. Industrial Organization. Analysis of models of markets, especially oligopoly. Game
theoretic models of entry deterrence and predation. Product selection and advertising and
other selected topics. Instructor: Grabowski or Yildirim. 3 units.
389. Empirical Industrial Organization. Intended for PhD students interested in
conducting research in empirical IO. Discuss estimation and applications of several broad
classes of models: 1. Models of product differentiation 2. Static games of imperfect
competition 3. Dynamic games of imperfect competition 4. Auctions 5. Principal agent
models. Special attention will be paid to most recent research so students are exposed to
papers on research frontier. Goal is to provide students with set of tools to write original
research in empirical IO. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
391. European Economic History. (Same as Economics 291, but requires an additional
paper.) Not open to students who have taken Economics 291. Instructor: Toniolo. 3 units.
395. Special Topics in Economics. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
395A. Special Topics in Applied Microeconomics. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
395E. Special Topics in Econometrics. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
395F. Special Topics in Financial Econometrics. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
395M. Special Topics in Macro International Finance. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
395T. Special Topics in Economic Theory. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
398. Directed Research. Consent of the director of graduate studies and instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
Education Policy Research
The goal of this interdisciplinary program is to train doctoral students who are already
enrolled in a behavioral science discipline at Duke University to conduct research on
complex problems in education policy. Problems such as student accountability systems,
minority achievement gaps, teacher labor market distribution, and incentives in education
require multiple disciplinary perspectives to solve. Faculty in the fields of economics,
sociology, psychology, political science, history, and social work have collaborated to
address such problems. Doctoral students are trained to: 1) understand the methods, theories,
and body of knowledge from other disciplines; 2) understand the unique contribution that
one's own discipline can make to solving complex problems; 3) work in multi-disciplinary
teams to conduct research; and 4) write for diverse audiences that include scholars in other
disciplines and policymakers.
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