ADVANCED TOPICS IN PUBLIC FINANCE

FINANCE 974

Discuss topics of current and emerging interests in financial economics; analyze open questions and new methodologies that are being applied to address these questions. Build on knowledge in financial economics and further previous exposure to both continuous-time and discrete-time dynamic models. Topics will evolve over time as new papers will be added and addressed.

ECON 390

Topics vary, including current developments in all fields of economics.

ECON 810

Topics in macroeconomic research.

ECON 441

Analyzes the problems of the public sector in dealing with domestic issues of education, urban areas, welfare, natural resources, and the environment; provides students with opportunity to apply the tools of economic analysis that are pertinent to domestic public sector problems.

PUBAFFR 891

Explores the spending and tax policies of state and local governments. Focus on factors influencing the mix and level of public spending and the choice of revenue sources. Issues to be studied include the fiscal relations between governments and property tax.