ECON 695: Special Topics in Economics

ECON 695-001: Methods in Econ Pol/Anlys
(Fall 2014)

10:30 AM to 01:10 PM M

Van Metre Hall (formerly Founders Hall) 324

Section Information for Fall 2014

This course cannot be used to fulfill PhD requirements.

The goals of this course are twofold. The first is to acquaint students with the methods that market process economists use to evaluate and critique the efficiency of public policies. As such, it is a course in applied Austrian, public choice, and new institutional economics and is intended to provide an overview of several important tools for policy analysis.
 
The second goal is to promote the writing, exposition, and communication skills needed for a successful career in public policy. In addition to being graded on class participation, students will be graded on presentations and multiple drafts of a policy essay that offers a cogent economic analysis of an important policy topic.
 
Students taking this course are expected to have 18 hours of graduate coursework and will have taken either "Entrepreneurship and the Market Process" or "Regulation and the Market Process." The instructor is willing to waive these requirements on a case-by-case basis if students have taken other coursework that will prepare them for the course.

ECON 695 001 enrollment is controlled. Contact econgrad@gmu.edu for information.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Topics vary according to interests of instructor. Emphasizes new areas of discipline. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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