Ec 584 Applications of Advanced Microeconomic Theory

Applies theories of consumer and producer behavior to a variety of real world problems. Different sub-disciplines of microeconomics will be covered, which may include two or three of the following: information economics, environmental economics, economics of regulation, industrial organization, law and economics, natural resource economics, labor economics, regional economics, urban economics, and the economics of contracting. For each sub-discipline covered, the most important economic model will be discussed and a review of major research studies and techniques will be undertaken.