经济学几个研究领域简介

经济学几个研究领域简介

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Econometrics
The intent of this field to provide the student with tools needed to apply,
assess, and critique sophisticated research in econometrics. Coursework
will emphasize applications as well as building a solid foundation in
econometric theory. As a result, students will have the training
appropriate for academic, governmental agency, and private business
openings in the area of econometrics.

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Health Economics
The intent of this field to provide the student with tools needed to assess
and critique the concepts, structures, functions and values that
characterize contemporary health care systems. Coursework will focus on the
economics of production and distribution of health care services, with
special emphasis on the impact of regulation, competition, and economic
incentives. As a result, students will have the training appropriate for
academic, governmental agency, and private business openings in the area of
health economics.

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Industrial Organization
The field of Industrial Organization is concerned with the theory and
empirical evidence concerning the organization of firms and industries.
This field traditionally has focused on industry structure, conduct, and
performance; however, the focus here includes more recent advances based on
microeconomic theory including transactions cost economics, game theory,
strategic behavior, contestability, and information theory.

The Industrial Organization field provides excellent background for careers
in university teaching and research, private research organizations,
consulting firms specializing in litigation support, and public agencies
such as the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the
Department of Justice, and the International Trade Commission.

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International Economics
The field of concentration in international economics requires coursework
in international trade and international finance. Successful students are
expected to acquire knowledge in the theoretical and empirical literature
associated with the determinants of comparative advantage and trade
patterns and commercial policy effects on such patterns, the determinants
of exchange rates and international financial flows, and effects of
international linkages on the domestic economy. Department strength and
commitment to this area is evidenced by the editorship of two scholarly
journals related to the area: The Journal of Comparative Economics and the
Journal of International Money and Finance.

The job market in international economics has been one of the stronger
specialties in the profession in recent years and this is expected to
continue as multinational organizations such as the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund maintain a strong demand for new Ph.D.s, along
with the traditional opportunities provided by universities, private
business like commercial banks and consulting firms, and government
agencies including central banks.

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Macroeconomics
The intent of this field is to provide the student with tools needed to
conduct independent research in modern applied macro/monetary economics. As
a result, students will have the training appropriate for academic and
governmental agency openings in the areas of macroeconomics, open-economy
macroeconomics, monetary economics, and time-series econometrics.

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Public Economics
Public economics is the positive and normative study of government's effect
on the economy. The central questions are why government behaves as it
does, how does its behavior influence the behavior of private firms and
households, and what are the allocative, distributional and welfare effects
of these changes in behavior. Included in the traditionally-defined field
of public economics are the study of public goods, externalities, cost-
benefit analysis, taxation, and intergovernmental relations.

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Labor Economics
Labor economics is an applied economics field involving the theoretical and
empirical analysis of the workings of labor markets both at the micro and
macro levels. The field includes the study of labor force participation,
unemployment, the role and effect of education and other personal variables
on earnings, geographical and inter-firm earning differentials, the demand
for labor, discrimination, the role and economic effects of unions,
personnel practices and policies, and similar topics.

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