Course Descriptions - Graduate Studies - Economics Department, Rice University

Graduate Studies Course Description

Offered: Fall.

ECON 502
MACROECONOMICS/MONETARY THEORY I
Instructor: Peter Hartley
Macroeconomic theory of output, consumption, investment, interest rates, inflation, and employment.

Offered: Fall.

ECON 504
ADVANCED ECONOMIC STATISTICS
Instructor: Robin Sickles
Statistical inference and the testing of hypotheses multiple and partial correlation analysis; analysis of variance and regression. Cross-listed with STAT 604.

Offered: Fall.

ECON 505
MACROECONOMICS/MONETARY THEORY II
Instructor: Juan Cordoba
More detailed discussion of selective macroeconomic and monetary topics.

Offered: Spring.

ECON 507
MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS I
Instructor: Anna Bogomolnaia
Theory of houshold, firm; activity analysis; set theory, matrix algebra, vector calculus, metric spaces, separation theory, and constrained optimization.

Offered: Fall.

ECON 508
MICROECONOMICS II
Instructor: Camelia Bejan
Set theoretic approach to general equilibrium; aggregate linear and nonlinear production models; existence, stability, and optimality.

Pre-requisites: ECON 501

Offered: Spring.

ECON 509
MICROECONOMICS III
Instructor: Geoffroy DeClippel
Social choice and preference aggregation. Cardinal welfarism. Bargaining: axiomatic and strategic models. Cooperative games: core-stability and coalition formation, Shapley value, cost and surplus sharing. Mecanism design: dominant strategy, strategy proof voting, fair division, and cost sharing; implementation in Nash, Strong, and Bayesian Equilibrium.

Pre-requisites: ECON 501, and ECON 508

Offered: Fall.

ECON 510
Econometrics I
Instructor: Mahmoud El-Gamal
Study of estimation and inference in single equation regression models, multicollinearity, autocorrelated and heteroskedastic disturbances, distributed lags, asymptotic theory, and maximum likelihood techniques, with emphasis on the ability to analyze the literature critically. Cross-listed with STAT 610.

Pre-requisites: ECON 504

Offered: Spring.

ECON 511
ECONOMETRICS II
Instructor: Robin Sickles
Topics in linear and nonlinear simultaneous equations estimation, including qualitative and categorical dependent variables models and duration analysis. Applied exercises use SAS and the Wharton Quarterly Econometric Model. Cross-listed with STAT 611.

Pre-requisites: ECON 510

Offered: Fall.

ECON 512
INTERNATIONAL TRADE THEORY
Exploration of classical, neoclassical, and modern trade theory. Includes welfare aspects of trade such as the theory of commercial policy, with emphasis on applicaions. Not offered every year.

ECON 514
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONTROL
Instructor: Marc Dudey
Study of industrial markets and public policy

Offered: Fall.

ECON 515
LABOR ECONOMICS
Instructor: James Brown
Exploration of the economics of the labor market and the economic implications of trade unions, with emphasis on major public policy issues.

Offered: Spring.

ECON 518
INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS
Study of the effects of fiscal and monetary policies on exchange rates and the current account and balance of payments. Includes exchange market efficiency, exchange rates and prices, LDC debt, and policy coordination. Not offered every year.

ECON 519
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Analysis of theory and policy questions relating to the level and rate of economic development. Not offered every year.

ECON 521
PUBLIC FINANCE I
Instructor: Peter Mieszkowski
Examination of the theory of public goods and externalities, political mechanisms and public choice, the theory of local public goods, cost-benefit analysis, and project evaluation issues of income redistribution.

Offered: Spring.

ECON 522
PUBLIC FINANCE II
Instructor: George Zodrow
Study of the effects of taxation on individual and firm behavior, general equilibrium tax incidence analysis, optimal taxation theory, optimal implementation of tax reform, analysis of comprehensive income, and consumption taxes.

Offered: Fall.

ECON 523
DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION
Instructor: Anna Bogomolnaia
Study of dynamic optimization in discrete and continuous time.

ECON 524
BASIC FINANCIAL ENGINEERING
Instructor: Mahmoud El-Gamal
This course covers the use of financial securities and derivatives to take or hedge financial risk positions. Most commonly used instruments from simple forwards and futures to exotic options and swaptions are covered. The pricing of derivative securities will also be studied, but the emphasis will be on the mechanics and uses of financial engineering methods. Graduate/undergraduate version: ECON 449.

Offered: Spring.

ECON 565
HEALTH ECONOMICS
Instructor: Vivian Ho
Health economics applies the tools of economics to issues of the
organization, delivery, and financing of health care. The objectives of
this course are to: (1) develop an understanding of the application of
economic models to the health care sector, (2) to describe the system of
health care financing and delivery arrangements in the health care sector,
and (3) to examine the role of economic factors in the development of public
policy concerning health and health care.

Offered: Spring.

ECON 577
TOPICS IN ECONOMIC THEORY I
Instructor: Anna Bogomolnaia
Discussion of topics in advanced economic theory. Repeatable for credit.

Offered: Fall.

ECON 578
TOPICS IN ECONOMIC THEORY II
Discussion topics in advanced economic theory. Repeatable for credit. Not offered every year.

ECON 579
TOPICS IN ECONOMETRICS
Instructor: Bryan Brown
Discussion of selected topics in advanced econometrics. Prerequisite: ECON 511. Repeatable for credit.

Offered: Spring.

ECON 592
TOPICS IN POLICY AND APPLIED ECONOMICS
Discussion of selected topics in policy and applied economics. Not offered every year.

ECON 593 (Fall)
ECON 594 (Spring)
WORKSHOP IN ECONOMICS I
Seminars on advanced topics in macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics and applied microeconomic theory, presented through guest lectures by leading researches. Must be in one of the following Classification(s): Graduate. Repeatable for credit.

Section 001	WORKSHOP IN MACROECONOMICS	Instructor: Juan Cordoba
Section 002	WORKSHOP IN MICROECONOMICS	Instructor: Anna Bogomolnaia
Section 003	WORKSHOP IN ECONOMETRICS	Instructor: Mahmoud El-Gamal
Section 004	WORKSHOP IN APPLIED MICROECONOMICS	Iinstructor: Peter Mieszkowski

ECON 597
ECON 598
READINGS IN ADVANCED TOPICS

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ECON 800
GRADUATE RESEARCH

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