Graduate Program/ PhD Progam in Detail/Graduate Courses by Areas of Study 09-10

Graduate Courses by Areas of Study 2009-2010  (revised 11/12/09)

THE CORE

Price Theory
30100 Price Theory I  [=LAWS 43611]  --  Murphy / Becker (F)
30200 Price Theory II  [=LAWS 43621]  --  Becker / Murphy / Sonnenschein (W)
30300 Price Theory III  --  Myerson (Sp)

Theory of Income
33000 Theory of Income I   --  Alvarez (F)
33100 Theory of Income II  --  Stokey (W)
33200 Theory of Income III  --  Mulligan (Sp)

Quantitative Methods
30400 Introduction to Mathematical Methods in Economics  --  Lima / Sonnenschein (8/31/09-9/18/09)
31000 Empirical Analysis I  --  Schennach (F)
31100 Empirical Analysis II  --  Hansen / Uhlig (W)
31200 Empirical Analysis III  --  Neal / Hortaçsu (Sp)

THE SPECIALIZED FIELDS

Mathematical Economics
30500* Game Theory  –  Szentes (Sp)
30600* The Economics of Information  [=BUSF 33911]  --  Harris (Sp)
30700* Topics in Mathematical Economics [5 week course]  --  Sonnenschein (W)
41800* Numerical Methods in Economics  --  Judd (F)  

[NOTE: Students must chose two and a half or more of these courses for Specialized Field requirements.]

Economic History
32000* Topics in American Economic History  --  Galenson (F, W)
32200* Population and the Economy  [=BUSF 33470]  --  Fogel (F)
32300   A Guide to Business Ethics  [=BUSF 38114]  --  Fogel (W)
32400   Economics and Demography of Marketing  [=BUSF 37104]  --  Fogel (Sp)
32601   Growth and Institutions in the Economy of the Ancient World  --  Bresson / Velde (W)

Monetary Economics
33502* Monetary Economics I  --  Alvarez (F)
33602* Monetary Economics II  –  Lucas (W)
33702* Monetary Economics III  –  Shimer (Sp)

Labor Economics / Human Capital
34201* Applied Price Theory  --  Murphy (F)
34300* Human Capital  [= SOCI 30306]  --  Becker (Sp)
34401* The Economics of Knowledge And Skills  –  Neal (W)

Quantitative Economic Analysis
34802* Topics in Quantitative Economic Analysis  --  Lise (F)
34901* Social Interactions and Inequality -- Durlauf (Sp)
35001* Life Cycle Dynamics and Inequality  --Heckman  (W)

Economic Growth / International Trade
35200* Topics in Economic Growth --  Stokey (W)
35700* Firms and International Trade  –  Chaney (F)
35800* Quantitative Analysis in International Trade  --  Kortum (Sp)

Labor Econometrics
37200* Analysis of Microeconomic Data I [=PPHA 48200]  --  Grogger (F)
37300* Analysis of Microeconomic Data I [=PPHA 48300]  --  Black / Heckman (W)
37400* Analysis of Microeconomic Data III [=PPHA 48400]  --  Lalonde (Sp)

Applied Macroeconomics
38001* Empirical Macroeconomics:  Micro Data for Macro Models [=BUSF 33942] – Hurst (F)
38101* Empirical Macroeconomics: Methods and Applications [=BUSF 33943]  –  Hansen (W)
38201* Empirical Macroeconomics: Topics [=BUSF 33944]  --  Cochrane/ Hansen/ Sargent/ Uhlig  (Sp)

Financial Economics***
38900* Theory of Financial Decisions I  [=BUSF 35901]  –  Fama (F)
39001* Theory of Financial Decisions II  [=BUSF 35902]  --  Diamond / Rajan / Sufi (W)
39400* Theory of Financial Decisions III  [=BUSF 35903]  --  Diamond / Zingales (Sp)

***There will not be a Specialized Field examination for Financial Economics in 2009-2010.

Asset Pricing
39100* Asset Pricing [BUSF 35904]  -- Koijen (F)
39200* Topics in Empirical Finance  [=BUSF 35905]  --  Cochrane (W)
39600* Topics in Asset Pricing  [=BUSF 35907]  --  Hansen / Heaton (Sp)

Industrial Organization
40101* Advanced Industrial Organization I  [=BUSF 33921]  -- Syverson (F)
40201* Advanced Industrial Organization II  [=BUSF 33922]  --  Hortaçsu (W)
40301* Advanced Industrial Organization III  [=BUSF 33923]  --  Carlton (Sp)
40401* Advanced Industrial Organization IV  [=BUSF 33925]  --  Fox (Sp)

Behavioral Economics
41001* Behavioral Economics  [=BUSF 38912] – Emir Kamenica and Richard H. Thaler (F)
41100* Experimental Economics  --  List (Sp)

OTHER COURSES

42100 An Introduction to Doing Empirical Microeconomic Research  --  Levitt (W)

42800 Creativity  --  Galenson (W) ¬¬NEW!!

49900- Individual Research (for Required Research Paper: to be arranged between individual faculty and students).  See Time Schedule for faculty Section Numbers

Workshops or Working Groups (Required for all Post-Core students)
50000-60000’s see  Course Descriptions and Time Schedule

*  Courses marked with an asterisk(*) are intended to provide the basis for the Specialized Field requirements.  Students are expected to be familiar with the material covered in these courses, but Field requirements generally do not exceed three courses.  When a Field has two or three courses marked with an asterisk, then those courses constitute the required sequence for the Field, whether evaluated by Preliminary Examinations or by GPA.  When there are more than three such courses in a Field, familiarity with the material covered in any three of them is often, but not always, sufficient for the Field examination.  Students wishing clarification should check with the Chairman of the Examining Committee.  A course without an asterisk is an optional course in the Field and may be counted for General Distribution purposes only.