ECON 405 - Natural Resource Economics (3 credits)
Topics include: Malthusian and Ricardian Scarcity; optimal depletion of renewable and non-renewable resources; exploration, risk and industry structure, and current resources, rent and taxation. Current public policies applied to the resource industries, particularly those of a regulatory nature.
Term: Winter 2012
Instructor: Robert Cairns
Prerequisite: ECON 230 or 250
ECON 408 - Public Sector Economics (3 credits)
Theoretical and empirical economic analysis of the public sector with an emphasis on public goods and government spending. Study of Canadian institutions in international perspective.
Term: Fall 2011
Instructor: William Watson
Prerequisite: ECON 230 or 250
ECON 411 - Economic Development: A World Area (3 credits)
An advanced course in the economic development of a pre-designated underdeveloped country or a group of countries.
Term: Fall 2011
Instructor: John Kurien
Prerequisite: ECON 230 or 250 and one semester of economic development
ECON 416 - Topics in Economic Development (3 credits)
This course gives students a broad overview of the economics of developing countries. The course covers micro and macro topics, with particular emphasis on the economic analysis at the micro level.
Term: Fall 2011
Instructor: Franque Grimard
Prerequisite: ECON 230 or 250
ECON 420 - Topics in Economic Theory (3 credits)
The course discusses selected topics in micro or macroeconomic theory at an advanced level. Possible topics include welfare economics, general equilibrium, theories of firms, consumer behaviour, intertemporal choice, uncertainty, game theory, etc.
Term: Winter 2012
Instructor: Christopher Green
Prerequisite: ECON 230 or 250
ECON 423 - International Trade (3 credits)
A review of the theory and policy of international trade. Topics examined include: classical and modern theories of trade; tariffs; labour and capital mobility; trade and development; the WTO.
Term: Fall 2011
Instructor: William Watson
Prerequisite: ECON 230 or 250
ECON 426 - Labour Economics (3 credits)
The determinants of labour supply, demand and the structure of earnings are considered. The economic effects of government policies, such as minimum wage laws, unemployment insurance, welfare and training programs and subsidies to higher education are analyzed. A rigorous theoretical and "hands on'' empirical approach is emphasized.
Term: Fall 2011
Instructor: Sonia Laszlo
Prerequisite: ECON 230 or 250, ECON 306
ECON 440 - Health Economics (3 credits)
The organization and performance of Canada's health care system are examined from an economist's perspective. The system is described and its special features analyzed. Much attention is given to the role of government in the system and to financing arrangements for hospital and medical services. Current financial problems are discussed.
Term: Winter 2012
Instructor: Erin Strumpf
Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 227 or comparable course.
ECON 450 - Advanced Economic Theory: Honours (6 credits)
Selected topics in economic theory from recent periodical and monograph literature.
Terms: Full Year - Fall 2011 & Winter 2012
Instructors: Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado (Fall), Maxim Sinitsyn (Winter)
Prerequisites: ECON 250 and ECON 352
Students must register in both ECON 450D1 and ECON 450D2
Outline 450D1 - Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado
ECON 451 - Seminar in Economic History (3 credits)
In this course economic theory is explicitly employed to elucidate issues in economic history. The topics will be announced at the beginning of the academic year.
Term: Fall 2011
Instructor: Philip Slavin
Prerequisites: one of ECON 227, ECON 317, ECON 257, or ECON 357 and either ECON 330 or 352
ECON 459/623 - Topics in Monetary Economics: Honours (3 credits)
An advanced treatment of selected topics in monetary economics, including the theory and practice of monetary policy.
Term: Fall 2011
Instructor: Jagdish Handa
Prerequisite: ECON 230 or 250, knowledge of calculus
Restriction: For Honours in Economics
ECON 460 - History of Thought: Honours (3 credits)
The evolution of economic thought prior to the close of the 19th century, as reflected in the writings of prominent economists from the time of Adam Smith to the emergence of marginalism and neoclassical economics.
Term: Winter 2012
Instructor: William Watson
Prerequisite: ECON 250
Corequisite: ECON 352
ECON 468 - Econometrics 1: Honours (3 credits)
The statistical basis of econometric modelling and treatment of the linear regression model; simple time series models; procedures for inference in linear cases; an introduction to methods for dealing with endogeneity and non-constant variance.
Term: Fall 2011
Instructor: Jean-Marie Dufour
Prerequisite: ECON 257
Outline - Russell Davidson
Outline - Jean-Marie Dufour
ECON 469 - Econometrics 2: Honours (3 credits)
Treatment of asymptotic theory and classical inferential procedures, an introduction to the bootstrap, maximum likelihood, non-linear models, mis-specification testing, non-stationarity and limited dependent variable models.
Term: Winter 2012
Instructor: Mayssun El-Attar Vilalta
Prerequisite: ECON 468
ECON 480/481 - Research Project (3 credits)
In this course students must undertake a research project under close supervision. They must also do such special reading and research as their advisers direct.
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Restrictions: Open to U3 students only. A minimum average GPA of 3.15 is required in ECON 250D/230D, ECON 352D/330D and ECON 257D/227D as well as in all economics courses. Students must complete a Research Project Registration Form, have it signed by the professor who has agreed to supervise the research project, countersigned by the Director of the Undergraduate Program in Economics, and submit it to the Economics Department Office prior to registering in this course. A student cannot take this course more than once for credit.