Not all courses are offered every year. Please consult the
graduate website for a list of courses
the Department will offer this year.
- Preliminary Courses
- ECO 1010H MATH & STATS REVIEW FOR M.A. STUDENTS (CR/NCR)
- This three-week intensive course is offered during the last two weeks in August and first week in September and provides an intensive review of calculus and linear algebra.
- ECO 1011H MATH & STATS REVIEW FOR Ph.D. STUDENTS (Pass/Fail)
- This three-week intensive course is offered during the last two weeks in August and first week in September and prepares students for the Ph.D. theory and econometrics courses. M.A. students with good economics and
quantitative background are encouraged to take this course, rather than ECO
1010H.
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- A. Core Courses in Economic Theory
- ECO 2020H MICROECONOMIC THEORY I
- This course provides a comprehensive treatment of theories of consumer behaviour, production, competitive market equilibrium, general equilibrium and welfare.
- ECO 2021H MACROECONOMIC THEORY I
- This course provides a rigorous introduction to the tools and basic models of
dynamic general equilibrium.
- ECO 2030H MICROECONOMIC THEORY II
- This course provides a comprehensive treatment of game theory, the economics of uncertainty and information, the theory of incentives and the analytics of institutions.
- ECO 2031H MACROECONOMIC THEORY II
- This course provides an in-depth presentation of a small number of recent research topics in macro. In recent years, topics have included growth theory, dynamic Ramsay taxation, search and bargaining, efficiency wage models, and empirical research on consumption and asset-pricing.
- ECO 2050H APPLIED MICROECONOMICS
- This tutorial is designed for MA students who plan to enrol in ECO 2020H and ECO 2030H.
- ECO 2051H APPLIED MACROECONOMICS
- This tutorial is designed for MA students who plan to enrol in ECO 2021H
and ECO 2031H.
- ECO 2060H ECONOMIC THEORY - MICRO (M.A. Students only.)
- The course focuses on theories and techniques of decision-making by households, and firms. It examines the problem of measuring economic welfare, and the merits and shortcomings of the market mechanism in promoting it, although a basic element of the course is the precise
analysis of quantitative relationships. This course is designed primarily for M.A. students who do not wish to continue to the Ph.D. program.
- ECO 2061H ECONOMIC THEORY - MACRO (M.A. Students only.)
- The objective of the course is to introduce students to the analysis of macroeconomics at the graduate level, with attention to the role of credibility and other current developments. The course emphasizes applied issues, such as the potential role for stabilization policy. This course
is designed primarily for M.A. students who do not plan to continue to the Ph.D. program.
- ECO 2070H WORKSHOP IN ECONOMIC THEORY
- This is a public workshop open to students doing research in economic theory.
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- B. Advanced Microeconomic Theory and Mathematical Economics
- ECO 2100H MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS I
- ECO 2101H MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS II
- These two half courses deal with advanced and contemporary topics in economic theory. The topics may include general equilibrium theory, game theory and applications, economic dynamics, utility theory and the
economics of uncertainty and information.
- ECO 2102H TOPICS IN MICROECONOMIC THEORY
- This course presents standard analytical tools in the theory of contracts, in both moral hazard problems
and in screening problems, and provides a range of applications. Topics in moral hazard problems include moral hazard in teams, information acquisition in groups, dynamic principal-agent problems, dynamic team competition, and renegotiation of risk-sharing. Topics in screening problems include nonlinear pricing, sequential screening, resource allocation with multiple agents, strategic information aggregation, renegotiation in dynamic screening.
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- C. History of Economic Thought
- ECO 2004H THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
- This course will focus on the evolution of economics in the first six decades of the twentieth century,
a period after which many of the newly developed methods of analysis are still often in use and hardly history.
After an introduction, it will begin with lectures on economics after the diffusion of the so-called marginal
revolution - the economics of Alfred Marshall, Knut Wicksell and Irving Fisher. It will continue discussing
topics/problems arising from this corpus - e.g. increasing returns and the imperfect competition 'revolution'
in microeconomics; the Keynesian 'revolution' in macroeconomics; capital theory and business cycle theory
in the interwar period - and these deveolopments themselves - e.g. the neoclassical synthesis in the post-war
period. Depending on student interests it will consider some of the 'applied' fields - international economics,
econometrics. The economists covered will include Allyn Young, Joan Robinson, E.M. Chamberlin, A.C. Pigou,
D.H. Robertson, J.M. Keynes, Friedrich Hayek, Lionel Robbins, J.R. Hicks, Abba Lerner, James Meade,
Nicholas Kaldor, Roy Harrod, Evsey Domar, Paul Samuelson, Milton Friedman, Don Patinkin.
- ECO 2005H WORKSHOP IN HISTORY OF THOUGHT
- This is a public workshop open to students doing research in history of
thought.
- ECO 2006H TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
- In recent years, this course has examined the development of economic anlaysis from 1920 - c.1970,
focussing on how economics has evolved from what it was by the early 20th century to the point where the
methods of analysis are still in use and are not (yet) history. It begins with the economics of Alfred Marshall,
Knut Wicksell, Irving Fisher - and some of the connections between the diverse developments that followed.
Among the topics covered are, for example, the problem of increasing returns, the imperfect competition
'revolution' in microeconomics, the 'Keynesian' revolution in macroeconomics, business cycle theory and capital theory
in the interwar years, the origins and early uses of econometrics, the postwar neoclassical synthesis, the rise of
monetarism, international economics before and after WW II, etc. The economists whose work may thus be covered
include Allyn Young, Jacob Viner, Joan Robinson, E.H. Chamberlin, A.C. Pigou, D.H. Robertson, J.M. Keynes,
Lionel Robbins, Friedrich Hayek, J.R. Hicks, Jan Tinbergen, Nicholas Kaldor, Abba Lerner, Paul Samuelson,
Milton Friedman, Don Patinkin and Harry Johnson .
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- D. Economic History
- ECO 2234H TOPICS IN NORTH AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY
- This course addresses the evolution of North American markets, with emphasis on the pre-Confederation period.
We will examine various labour markets: slavery, indentured servitude, apprenticeships; as well as marriage markets
and fertility, with particular attention to individual incentives and contracts. We will also cover the timing and impact
of technological change, and the evolution of manufacturing production. In addition, we may examine some particularly
Canadian topics, such as the staples thesis, the wheat boom and Western settlement.
- ECO 2250H WORKSHOP IN ECONOMIC HISTORY
- This is a public workshop open to students doing research in economic history.
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