Upper-division USFSP Economics Courses forFall 2008

ECP 3703 (.pdf)         Managerial Economics          TUES 6:00 PM    (Old number, ECO 3100) 

Building on the concepts of ECO 2023, Principles of Microeconomics, ECP 3703 extends the journey to analysis of business decision-making. This critical thinking broadens a student’s understanding of consumer and producer actions in a dynamic risk taking market economy.

ECO 3703   (.pdf)      International Economics                 MON 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM

ECO 3703 looks at a wide variety of International issues.  These include the effects of international trade (do imports from China mean fewer American jobs?), the causes of the huge US trade deficit, the role of the World Trade Organization, the effects of import restriction (very important in Florida's sugar industry), and the importance of global currency markets.

ECO 4713  (.pdf)    International Macroeconomics                WED 6:00 PM

(NOTE—If you've had ECO 3703, the USFSP advisors in COB and CAS will waive the catalogue prerequisites.)

The exchange rate is rapidly falling while the US seems to sink into recession. Now the government will be giving everyone $600 or so, but how much of that will be spent on imports—and aren't we borrowing the $600 from China anyway?   What about our debt?  International Macroeconomics looks at these sorts of issues.  Others topics are how well macroeconomic policies work in modern globalized economies, the transmission of recessions across countries, recent currency crises (Peso, Ruble. . . Dollar?), exchange rate systems, international policy coordination, and the role of the Euro in the global economy.

ECP 3201  (.pdf)      Economics of Women and Work              THURS 2:00 PM

Wait a second!  This is 2008 and we have issues still to consider regarding women in the workplace?  Ah yes – the inescapable truth is that history, society, and even biology continue to foster differences in labor force participation and workplace earnings for women and men both in the US and around the world.  And guys, this one’s for you, too!  Disparities in the labor force affect all of us.  Let’s just say this won’t be a dull conversation.

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