PUBPOL 330

PUBPOL 330.002: Microeconomics for Public Policy

Level
Undergraduate
Term
Fall 2016
Days
Monday, Wednesday
Time
10:00-11:30 am EDT
Course Location
1230 WEILL
Course Section
002
U-M Course Number
30244
Credit Hours
4

This course develops students' abilities to use microeconomic analysis to further our understanding of public policy. Major topics include models of consumer and firm behavior, operation of market systems, public goods and externalities, market failure, benefit-cost analysis, and the impacts of government regulation on economic policy. Advisory Pre-requisite: MATH 115. This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only.

Betsey Stevenson

Faculty Expert

Betsey Stevenson

Professor of Public Policy and Economics
Stevenson is a labor economist who publishes widely about the labor market and the impact of public policies on outcomes both in the labor market and for families. Her research explores women's labor market experiences, the economic forces shaping the modern family, and how these experiences and forces influence each other. She served as the chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor from 2010 to 2011, participating as the secretary's deputy to the White House economic team.