UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL COURSES
Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics is one of the two cornerstones for economics studies. When we leave the microeconomic world about how rational individuals make their economic decisions, we may find that human beings follow quite different rules in collective decision-making. That's where macroeconomics evolved in. It is the most disputed, confused, yet exiting field. In this introductory course, I will guide you through the subject of macroeconomics by introducing the threshold concepts of gross domestic production, inflation, unemployment, business cycle, central bank, aggregated demand and aggregate supply. We are also going to discuss what macroeconomic policies economists and politicians may use to balance the performance of the overall economy.
Environmental Economics
This course represents an extension of microeconomic methodologies in managing environmental goods. It focuses on the problem of efficient distribution of environmental goods, given the market failures, property rights ambiguity, and environmental uncertainty that characterize environmental commodities and benefits. It will make use of microeconomic and statistical analysis at the intermediate level and will incorporate real-world examples that help students understand and explore solutions to environmental delimmas.
Macroeconomics is one of the two cornerstones for economics studies. When we leave the microeconomic world about how rational individuals make their economic decisions, we may find that human beings follow quite different rules in collective decision-making. That's where macroeconomics evolved in. It is the most disputed, confused, yet exiting field. In this introductory course, I will guide you through the subject of macroeconomics by introducing the threshold concepts of gross domestic production, inflation, unemployment, business cycle, central bank, aggregated demand and aggregate supply. We are also going to discuss what macroeconomic policies economists and politicians may use to balance the performance of the overall economy.
Environmental Economics
This course represents an extension of microeconomic methodologies in managing environmental goods. It focuses on the problem of efficient distribution of environmental goods, given the market failures, property rights ambiguity, and environmental uncertainty that characterize environmental commodities and benefits. It will make use of microeconomic and statistical analysis at the intermediate level and will incorporate real-world examples that help students understand and explore solutions to environmental delimmas.
GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES
International Economics
When macroeconomics expands to an open economy, we step into the field of international economics. Reversely, international economics deals with macroeconomic issues when the flow of goods and services, as well as money, are allowed across country boarders. The course has two major topics: international trade and international finance. In the first section, students will learn international trade theories, as well as how trade is integrated with a country's economic growth. The second section addresses the theories of foreign exchange rates and how the international flow of production factors follows the changes in exchange rates.
When macroeconomics expands to an open economy, we step into the field of international economics. Reversely, international economics deals with macroeconomic issues when the flow of goods and services, as well as money, are allowed across country boarders. The course has two major topics: international trade and international finance. In the first section, students will learn international trade theories, as well as how trade is integrated with a country's economic growth. The second section addresses the theories of foreign exchange rates and how the international flow of production factors follows the changes in exchange rates.