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A research-oriented course focused on the application
of general systems theory to comparative analysis of alternative
economic systems, capitalist, socialist and other. Half of the
course will focus on general theoretical systems models; the other
half will empirically study Russia, China and other systems.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Exclusion: ECO330 (ECOB68)
Prerequisite: ECMA02Y or ECMA03Y (ECOA02Y or ECOA03Y)
Corequisite: ECMB01 or ECMB02
Micro and macro perspectives on urban residential geography are presented in this course with an emphasis on North American Cities. At the micro level, topics include the search and location behaviour of individuals and families as consumers of housing, and suppliers of labour and domestic production. At the macro level, topics include commuting, social ties, neighbourhood environments, structure and segregation, changes in the social and physical structure of neighbourhoods. In light of these, the course will examine the changing role of land use planning and public policy. Two hours of lectures per week. This course will count as a B-level course in Economics.
Prerequisites: University-level half-course in data
analysis (e.g. STAB22) and one of GGRB05, GGRB06, GGRB27, POLB60
An upper level extension of the ideas studied in ECMB03. The course offers a more sophisticated treatment of such topics as equilibrium, welfare economics, risk and uncertainty, strategic and repeated interactions, agency problems, and screening and signaling problems.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Exclusion: ECO326 (ECOC13)
Prerequisite: ECMB12H and ECMC02H
This course will review recent developments in macroeconomics, including new classical and new Keynesian theories of inflation, unemployment and business cycles.
Exclusion: ECO325 (ECOC14)
Prerequisite: ECMB12H and ECMC06H
A study of the literature of economics, both past and current. Students will read economists important in the development of current economic thought, including Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes, and will also read the ideas of some important current economic thinkers. Emphasis is on primary sources rather than secondary commentaries.
Limited enrolment: 60 per section
Exclusions: ECMB25H, ECMB26H, ECO322
Prerequisites: ECMB01H or ECMB02H & ECMB05H or
ECMB06H
A study of laws and legal institutions from an economic perspective. Includes the development of a positive theory of the law suggesting that laws frequently evolve so as to maximize economic efficiency. The efficiency of various legal principles is examined. Topics covered are drawn from: externalities, property rights, environmental law, contracts, torts, product liability and consumer protection, criminal law, and procedure.
Limited enrolment: 60.
Exclusion: ECO320 (ECOC37)
Prerequisite: ECMB01H or ECMB02H (ECOB03Y or ECOB04Y)
(ECMB03Y or ECMB04Y)
This course introduces to students the techniques used by economists to define research problems and to do research. In the first term, various members of the staff will discuss their approaches to research. At the end of the term, students will choose a research problem and a faculty member with whom to work. During the second term, students will research and write papers on their topic and present their ongoing work to other members of the class.
Two hours of lecture every other week.
Exclusion: (ECOD50)
Prerequisite: [ECMB04Y & ECMB08Y (ECOB04Y &
ECOB08Y)] or [ECMB03Y & ECMB07Y (ECOB03Y & ECOB07Y) &
first year calculus] & ECMB09Y (ECOB09Y). This course should
be taken among the last 5 courses of a twenty-course degree.
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