ECON 706
Selected Topics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Reading course in Economics.
Offered by: Economics
ECON 706 Outline
ECON 709
Microeconomic Theory 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Doctoral-level microeconomic theory.
Offered by: Economics
ECON 709 Outline
ECON 711
Microeconomic Theory 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): This course is the second part of a two-semester doctoral level microeconomic theory sequence.
Offered by: Economics
econ_711_202301.pdf
ECON 712
Macroeconomic Theory 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): This course is the first part of a two-semester doctorals level macroeconomic theory sequence.
Offered by: Economics
ECON 712 Outline
ECON 713
Macroeconomic Theory 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): This course is the second part of a two-semester doctoral level macroeconomic theory sequence
Offered by: Economics
ECON 713 Outline
ECON 722
Advanced Topics in Macroecon
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): This course covers papers at the research frontier of selected areas in macroeconomics. The goal is to teach students how to do research on such topics and thus put them on a path to their doctoral thesis.
Offered by: Economics
ECON 722 Outline
ECON 724
International Economics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Selected problems in international trade, foreign exchange and international movements of capital.
Offered by: Economics
ECON 724 Outline
ECON 726
Topics in Environmental Econ.
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Topics in environmental economics.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECON 726 Outline [.pdf]
ECON 734
Economic Development 4
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Problems of economic growth and planning in selected underdeveloped countries. Topics covered vary from year to year in response to student interests; growth, poverty and income distribution, LDC labour markets and institutions, trade and development, international debt problems, issues in trade policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- Instructors
- Franque Grimard, Francesco Amodio
econ_734_202201.pdf
ECON 737
Indust Organization&Reg Sem
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Builds on material covered in ECON 637. Problems are examined in greater depth with specific topics varying from year to year.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECON 737 Outline
ECON 741
Advanced Labour Economics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Selected theoretical and policy issues in labour economics.
Offered by: Economics
econ_741_202209.pdf
ECON 742
Empirical Microeconomics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Surveys the empirical techniques used in applied microeconomic fields, particularly development and labour economics. Focus is on the formulation of empirical models derived from economic theory, and on various estimation methodologies, including panel data econometrics, limited dependent variable models, and duration analysis. A "hands on" approach is emphasized.
Offered by: Economics
ECON 742 Outline
ECON 744
Health Economics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): The emphasis will be on describing and analyzing the structure and performance of the Canadian health system, though some attention will be given to recent attempts by the federal and provincial governments to deal with current problems in this field. Readings will be selected from the economics and health literature.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
econ_744_202301.pdf
ECON 761
Econometrics:Time Series Anal
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Theory and application of linear, non-linear expectational and asymptotic time series models to economic phenomena. Probabilistic models of economic dynamics and experimental economies, including simulation.
Offered by: Economics
ECON 761 Outline
ECON 762
Econ-Asymptotic&Finite-Sample
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Exact and asymptotic distribution theory in econometrics: basic results for estimation and inference in regression models, extensions and other selected topics including nonparametric and distribution-free methods for econometric models.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECON 762 Outline [.pdf]
ECON 734 Outline
ECON 763
Financial Econometrics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): This course covers advanced time series methods used in the analysis of financial data and other potentially non-stationary time series. Topics: integrated time series, co-integration, unit root testing, conditional heteroscedasticity, long memory, non-parametric and neural network models. Applications include market efficiency, stochastic volatility and predictability of asset returns.
Offered by: Economics
ECON 763 Outline [.pdf]
ECON 765
Models for Financial Economics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): A review of mathematical techniques used in modern finance theory, including measure theory and stochastic processes in continuous time (e.g., Brownian motion) and other techniques essential to understanding arbitrage pricing theory, including the pricing of options.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECON 770
PhD Research Seminar 1
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Presentation of PhD research.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisites: All comprehensive and field examinations are to be completed.
- ECON 770 must be taken before ECON 771.
econ_770_202109.pdf
ECON 771
PhD Research Seminar 2
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Presentation of PhD research.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisites: All comprehensive and field examinations are to be completed. ECON 770 must be taken before ECON 771.
ECON 771 Outline [.pdf]