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14.471 Public Economics I, Fall 2007
(2007-12)Theory and evidence on government taxation policy. Topics include tax incidence, optimal tax theory, the effect of taxation on labor supply and savings, taxation and corporate behavior, and tax expenditure policy. -
14.472 Public Economics II, Spring 2002
(2002-06)Theory and evidence on government expenditure policy. Topics include the theory of public goods; education; state and local public goods; political economy; redistribution and welfare policy; social insurance programs such ... -
14.475 Environmental Economics and Government Responses to Market Failure, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This course explores the theory behind and evidence on regulatory, tax, and other government responses to problems of market failure. Special emphasis is given to developing and implementing tools to evaluate environmental ... -
14.54 International Trade, Fall 2005
(2005-12)Introduction to the theory of international trade and finance with applications to current policy issues. From the course home page: Course Description The course will help us understand what determines the flow of goods ... -
14.54 International Trade, Fall 2006
(2006-12)This course is an introduction to the theory of international trade and finance with applications to current policy issues. In this course we will cover the basic tools to understand what determines the flow of goods across ... -
14.581 International Economics I, Spring 2007
(2007-06)This course provides a graduate-level introduction to the field of international trade. It examines the theory of international trade and foreign investment with applications in commercial policy. Topics include gains from ... -
14.581 International Economics I, Spring 2011
(2011-06)This course covers, with a focus on both theory and empirics, advanced topics in international trade (as well as inter-regional trade and economic geography). It includes the study of positive issues, such as: Why do ... -
14.64 Labor Economics and Public Policy, Spring 2006
(2006-06)Theory and evidence concerning the functioning of the labor market. Particular emphasis on the roles played by government and institutions. Topics include minimum wages, labor market effects of social insurance and welfare ... -
14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2003 - Fall 2004
(2004-12)The aim of this course is to acquaint students with traditional topics in labor economics and to encourage the development of independent research interests. This course is taught in two parts: Fall term and then in the ... -
14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2006
(2006-12)Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, ... -
14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2010
(2010-12)The aim of this course is to acquaint students with traditional topics in labor economics and to encourage the development of independent research interests. We will cover a systematic development of the theory of labor ... -
14.662 Labor Economics II, Spring 2005
(2005-06)The development and evolution of labor market structures and institutions. Particular focus on competing explanations of recent developments in the distribution of wage and salary income and in key institutions and ... -
14.662 Labor Economics II, Spring 2007
(2007-06)This is the second of a two-part sequence of courses in labor economics. The course sequence is also open to qualified students in related fields and classes may be taken individually or out of sequence. This part of the ... -
14.72 Capitalism and Its Critics, Fall 2006
(2006-12)This course examines the implications of economic theories for social and political organization in the context of the historical evolution of industrial societies. Among the authors whose theories will be discussed are ... -
14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Fall 2009
(2009-12)This is a course for those who are interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent world poverty, and are hopeful that economists might have something useful to say about this challenge. The questions we will ... -
14.731 Economic History, Fall 2003
(2003-12)A survey of world economic history, designed to introduce economics graduate students to the subject matter and methodology of economic history. Topics chosen to show a wide variety of historical experience and illuminate ... -
14.74 Foundations of Development Policy, Spring 2004
(2004-06)Explores the foundations of policy making in developing countries. Goal is to spell out various policy options and to quantify the trade-offs between them. Special emphasis on education, health, gender, fertility, adoption ... -
14.771 Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models, Fall 2002
(2002-12)Agricultural issues: peasant behavior, land tenancy, and interlinked markets. Credit and insurance market problems and institutions. Health, nutrition, and productivity. Gender bias. Education. Technological change. ... -
14.771 Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models, Fall 2008
(2008-12)Topics include productivity effects of health, private and social returns to education, education quality, education policy and market equilibrium, gender discrimination, public finance, decision making within families, ... -
14.772 Development Economics: Macroeconomics, Spring 2009
(2009-06)This course emphasizes dynamic models of growth and development. Topics covered include: migration, modernization, and technological change; static and dynamic models of political economy; the dynamics of income distribution ...