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Health Economics
Instructor: John Heywood (heywood@uwm.edu)
Meets: TR 1pm-2:15pm
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Efficiency of medical care, health insurance and access to care, alternative models of health care delivery, health behaviors and public policy. Prerequisites: jr st; Econ 103(P).


Economic Theory: Macroeconomics
Instructor: Antu Murshid (amurshid@uwm.edu)
Meets: TR 4pm-5:15pm
4 cr. Graduate. Aggregative economic analysis, problems of aggregation and significant aggregates; national income, flow-of-funds, and input-output. Prerequisites: grad st; Econ 302(P). Econ 506(R).


Industrial Organization I
Instructor: John Heywood (heywood@uwm.edu)
Meets: TR 10am-11:15am
3 cr. Graduate. Exploration of the relationship between industrial structure and market performance. Topics covered include r&d, advertising and government regulations.Prereq: grad st; Econ 301(P), 302(P) & 506(P), or cons instr.


Labor Economics I
Instructor: Scott Drewianka (sdrewian@uwm.edu)
Meets: MW 1pm-2:15pm
3 cr. Graduate. Human capital investments: determinants of earnings (education, experience, incentives, discrimination, unions, compensating differentials); public sector labor markets; issues of retirement and aging. Prerequisites: grad st; Econ 701(C).


Advanced Microeconomic Theory II
Instructor: Matthew Mcginty (mmcginty@uwm.edu)
Meets: TR 2:30pm-3:45pm
3 cr. Graduate. Theory of the firm, imperfect competition, game theory, asymmetric information, transaction costs and applications including matching/search, factor markets, contract theory, mechanism design and specialization. Prerequisites: grad st; Econ 506 (P) & 701(P); Econ 606 (R).


Advanced Macroeconomic Theory II
Instructor: Itziar Lazkano (lazkano@uwm.edu)
Meets: TR 8:30am-9:45am
3 cr. Graduate. Foundations of macroeconomics with a focus on global challenges, including innovation, unemployment, global warming, and the balance between markets and government regulations. Prerequisites: graduate standing and ECON 802(P)