ECON 4200 A (CRN: 95298)

Economics: Econ Behavior & Institutions (A)

3 credit hours

About ECON 4200 A

Topics from microeconomics and fields applying it, such as game theory, health economics, environmental economics, the Vermont economy and urban and regional economy, and urban and regional economics. Includes a substantial writing component. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. May be repeated for credit with different content. Prerequisites: STAT 1410, ECON 2400, and ECON 2450.

Notes

Prereqs enforced by the system: ECON 2400 and ECON 2450 and STAT 1410; May repeat for credit if topics differ PACE students by permission and override

Section Description

This course examines the many ways in which institutions—laws, social norms, and conventions—shape economic performance across time and space. It places particular emphasis on frontier research exploring how culture influence the trajectory of long-term economic development. The course also engages deeply with contemporary scholarship on political institutions and processes of institutional change, with special attention to the emergence, durability, and consolidation of democratic governance. Throughout, students grapple with cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research on the institutional foundations of sustained long-run economic growth.

Evaluation

Participation in class, exams and a final paper.

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