Finance is fundamental to many public policy questions. When the financial sector works well, it transfers resources from savers to borrowers, allowing individuals to save and businesses to...
This course developed from an initiative of the International Policy Students Association (IPSA) at the Ford School of Public Policy. It will be in two...
A continuation of PubPol 555 (Micro A), this course will deepen students’ understanding of key economic concepts and principles and – importantly – apply them to the practice of policy...
This course provides an overview of international financial economics, developing analytic tools and concepts that can be used to analyze world economic policy...
Throughout history, financial services has played a vital role in the global economy, and similarly, technology has been an integral part of financial...
Total global fintech investment increased from $50.8 billion in 2017 to a full $111.8 billion in 2018, according to KPMG?s The Pulse of Fintech, and there are no signs that growth in this sector will slow...
This is a course on how economists think about government revenue and government expenditures — how governments raise and spend public money. Public Finance is a subfield of...
This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of...
This course examines the policy issues of international trade, including trade in both goods and services and also international flows of direct investment and...
Federal election spending from all sources has doubled over the last twenty years and the 2018 election continued the trend. Campaign spending in the midterms exceeded $5 billion for the first time, much of it coming...
This course will provide an overview of recent Japanese economic history and the current state of the Japanese economy. We will consider what economic policymakers around the world can learn from...
The combination of slow economic growth and rising inequality has meant that the material living standards of the median American household have improved only slowly since the early...
This course provides an overview of international financial economics, developing analytic tools and concepts that can be used to analyze world economic policy...
This course will provide an overview of recent Japanese economic history and the current state of the Japanese economy. We will consider what economic policymakers around the world can learn from...
Throughout history, financial services has played a vital role in the global economy, and similarly, technology has been an integral part of financial...
