ECON 450G-001
Health Economics
Instructor: John Heywood (heywood@uwm.edu)
Meets: TR 1pm-2:15pm
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Efficiency of medical care, health insurance and access to care, alternative models of health care delivery, health behaviors and public policy.
Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 103(P).
ECON 702-401
Economic Theory: Macroeconomics
Instructor: Antu Murshid (amurshid@uwm.edu)
Meets: TR 4pm-5:15pm
4 cr. Graduate.
Aggregative economic analysis, problems of aggregation and significant aggregates; national income, flow-of-funds, and input-output.
Prerequisites: grad st; Econ 302(P). Econ 506(R).
ECON 708-001
Industrial Organization I
Instructor: John Heywood (heywood@uwm.edu)
Meets: TR 10am-11:15am
3 cr. Graduate.
Exploration of the relationship between industrial structure and market performance. Topics covered include r&d, advertising and government regulations.Prereq: grad st; Econ 301(P), 302(P) & 506(P), or cons instr.
ECON 751-001
Labor Economics I
Instructor: Scott Drewianka (sdrewian@uwm.edu)
Meets: MW 1pm-2:15pm
3 cr. Graduate.
Human capital investments: determinants of earnings (education, experience, incentives, discrimination, unions, compensating differentials); public sector labor markets; issues of retirement and aging.
Prerequisites: grad st; Econ 701(C).
ECON 803-001
Advanced Microeconomic Theory II
Instructor: Matthew Mcginty (mmcginty@uwm.edu)
Meets: TR 2:30pm-3:45pm
3 cr. Graduate.
Theory of the firm, imperfect competition, game theory, asymmetric information, transaction costs and applications including matching/search, factor markets, contract theory, mechanism design and specialization.
Prerequisites: grad st; Econ 506 (P) & 701(P); Econ 606 (R).
ECON 804-001
Advanced Macroeconomic Theory II
Instructor: Itziar Lazkano (lazkano@uwm.edu)
Meets: TR 8:30am-9:45am
3 cr. Graduate.
Foundations of macroeconomics with a focus on global challenges, including innovation, unemployment, global warming, and the balance between markets and government regulations.
Prerequisites: graduate standing and ECON 802(P)