ECON 5860 - Senior Seminar Economics

Goals: To develop and test economic models through in-depth, independent research in theoretical and applied economics.

Content: Research methodology and recent analytical and theoretical approaches to questions on topics such as the environment, health care, industrial organization, international economics, labor, money and banking, regional and urban economics, and welfare economics. Students choose a research topic, review the literature, construct a theoretical model, and collect and analyze data for final presentations.

Taught: Spring term

Prerequisites: ECON 3100 and ECON 5820 (grades of C- or better), or consent of the instructor.

Credits: 4