Local Public Finance (3) This course covers the theory and practice of local public finance in the United States, including the consideration of the rationale for a federal system, the review of local spending decisions, with a particular emphasis on public education, the analysis of local revenue sources, with a focus on property taxes, and the role of intergovernmental grants.

Economic, Environmental, and Trade Policy in the European Union (3) In this course, offered as part of the AU Abroad program in Brussels, students develop an in-depth working knowledge of economic, environmental and trade policies of the European Union (EU) and gain a greater understanding of the process and evolution of the European economic integration and its implications for the world. The first part of the course examines the EU's single market economic system, the second part focuses on the EU's environmental policies and their global implications, and the third part focuses on the EU's external relations including the transatlantic relationship. Meets with SISA-323 001.

Instructional Method: Online. Restriction: Economics: Applied Economics (MA): Online.

Instructional Method: Online.

Instructional Method: Online.

Instructional Method: Online. Restriction: Economics: Applied Economics (MA): Online.

Instructional Method: Online. Restriction: Economics: Applied Economics (MA): Online.

Instructional Method: Online: Restriction: Economics: Applied Economics (MA): Online.

Instructional Method: Online.

Information-Theoretic Modeling and Inference (3) This course deals with the basics of information-theoretic methods of modeling and inference. It lies at the intersection of mathematical modeling, decision making under uncertainty statistical inference, econometrics, and information theory.