SENIOR SEMINAR: APPLIED ECONOMIC THEORY

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The goal of this seminar – intended to be the student’s final Economics course – is to introduce students to some areas of current research in both macroeconomics and microeconomics and to help them to do some independent research on a topic of interest. The course begins with a detailed reading of a small number of articles from professional economics journals on a variety of applied topics, followed by a comprehensive exam on intermediate-level economic theory. The second half of the semester is devoted t o student presentations, discussions, and a final research paper (which will serve as a thesis in economics). Prerequisites: ECON 301, ECON 302, STAT 230.