Full-time MBA Program
Economic Analysis & Policy
212. Energy and Environmental Markets. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Business Administration 201A or equivalent. Formerly Business Administration 212. Introduction to administrative law and the regulatory process. Economic principles of administrative regulation of pricing, investment, and service quality. Analysis of critical problems in regulated industries, including transportation, communications, energy, and financial sectors, with emphasis on emerging competition in these industries. Potential regulatory reforms with alternatives to regulation.
214. Forecasting Methods for Business. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Business Administration 200, 201A-201B, 204 or equivalents. Formerly Business Administration 214. The course will focus on a variety of currently used forecasting techniques. These include econometric techniques and purely extrapolative (time series) methods, as well as combinations of more than one procedure. The emphasis is on data analysis; the student will learn a "forecasting process" which can be applied to all types of forecasting problems. To facilitate the "learning by doing" aspect of the course, several computer-oriented problem sets and a forecasting project are required.
217. Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy. (.5-3) Course may be repeated for credit. One-half to three hours of lecture per week. Advanced study in the field of economic analysis and policy. Topics will vary from year to year and will be announced at the beginning of each semester.
218A. International Finance. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Business Administration 201B. Formerly Business Administration 285. This course introduces students to the institutions and operation of the international macroeconomic environment; special attention is paid to international financial arrangements relevant for managers of multinational corporations. Topics include: foreign exchange and capital markets; the balance of payments; open economy macroeconomics; exchange rate determination; history of the international financial system; arbitrage and hedging; international aspects of financial decisions.
218B. Theory and Institutions of International Trade. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Business Administration 201A. Formerly Business Administration 287. The course focuses on determinants of global trade flows, patterns of international competition, and governmental policies affecting international trade. Topics include: tariff and nontariff barriers to trade, industrial policies in declining and emerging industries, strategic trade policy, United States trade law, bilateral and multilateral approaches to trade liberalization, and current issues in international trade policy.
299E. Competitive and Corporate Strategy. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: All core courses. Formerly Business Administration 299B. Examines optimal production and pricing policies for firms in competitive environments; optimal strategies through time; strategies in the presence of imperfect information. How differing market structures and government policies (including taxation) affect output and pricing decisions. Social welfare implications of decisions by competitive firms also explored.
