Course Catalog - 2016-2017

     

ECON 432 - POLITICAL ECONOMY

Long Title: POLITICAL ECONOMY
Department: Economics
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Prerequisite(s): (ECON 200 OR ECON 301 OR ECON 370) AND (ECON 205 OR ECON 300 OR ECON 305 OR ECON 405)
Description: Analyzes income redistribution, taxation, the production of public goods, and other actions of the public sector as determined by a political process simultaneously with the economic process of exchange and production. Investigates the connection between public policies and the political forces that shape them. ECON 300 or ECON 305 may be taken concurrently with ECON 432.