The theory of insurance founded on probability and decision theory. The optimal design of insurance policies from a risk-sharing and an information...
Market efficiency and the limits of arbitrage. Heuristics and biases identified by behavioural decision theorists and their effect on the behaviour of...
The development of economic thought through time in relation to selected economic problems. Precludes additional credit for ECON 4105 (no longer...
Various theoretical and empirical studies of firm and market organization with emphasis on the pricing, advertising, investment and locational...
Public policies relating to competition and regulation. Topics may include: Ramsey pricing, peak-load pricing, cross-subsidization, access pricing...
The empirical application of microeconomics, with special emphasis on the Canadian economy. Topics include: consumer demand, firm production and...
The application of price theory to the labour market. Topics include models of labour supply and labour demand, human capital and the economics of...
Economic analysis of selected industrial relations and labour market policy problems. Topics include unionization, strike activity, the economics of...
A discussion of the theory of government expenditures and an examination of empirical attempts to quantify the theory. Examination of current topics...
A discussion of the theory of taxation and an examination of empirical attempts to quantify the theory. Some topics of current interest, such as the...
Techniques and problems in the evaluation of public and private projects. Examination of alternative approaches to public decision-making including...
Economic analysis of the organization, financing, and utilization of health-care services. Topics include supply and demand of health care, the impact...
An examination of some theoretical approaches to the economics of development, together with analysis of some economic policy issues of a largely...
An analysis of the international economic policy problems of development in Asia, Africa and Latin America, focusing on international trade, direct...
International trade theory and its implications for economic policy. Topics such as determinants of trade and specialization, gains from trade and...
International monetary theory and its implications for economic policy. Topics such as sources of disequilibrium and adjustment in the balance of...
The role of money and the monetary system in determining income, employment, and price level; techniques of monetary policy; the relationship between...
National accounting and index numbers. Topics may include: the measurement of output and income, capital and depreciation, productivity, employment...
An introduction to econometric theory and analysis of the classical normal regression model. Topics include estimation methods, hypothesis testing,...
An extension of ECON 4706. Topics include dummy variables, qualitative and limited dependent variables, and simultaneous equation models....