APEC 3801 - Health Economics and Policy
(3.0 cr; =[PUBH 3801]; Prereq-[[1101 or Econ 1101], knowledge of plane geometry] or #; spring, every year)
Economics of health care markets. Problems faced by consumers and health care services. Builds on microeconomic principles of supply/demand for health, health care, health insurance, and role of government. Theoretical/empirical models, applications.

APEC 4311 - Tourism Development: Principles, Processes, Policies
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1101, 1102 or Econ 1101, 1102; spring, every year)
Evolution of tourism industry; economic, environmental, and sociocultural impacts of tourism development; influence of government policies and organizations; models and tools needed for successful development; consequences of development activities and ways to involve stakeholders in decisions.

 APEC 5152 - Applied Macroeconomics: Income and Employment
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3001 or or Math 1271 or Math 2243 or equiv or grad student or #; spring, every year)
Static general equilibrium open economy models and simple business cycle models that examine economic growth, business cycles, and fiscal and monetary policy. Input-output analysis and large scale econometric models. Sources/properties of economy and sector-wide data. Empirical applications.

APEC 5321 - Regional Economic Analysis
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3006 or Econ 3102 or #; fall, spring)
Regional development patterns and role of resources, transportation, and institutional constraints. Trade, migration, and investments in regional growth and change. Regional economic information in investment and location decisions. Evaluation of economic development policies and tools. Economic impact analysis.

APEC 5341 - Public Finance
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3001 or Econ 3101 or PA 5021; A-F or Aud)
Which services should the public sector provide? Which level of government should provide them? How should governments fund those services? Which types of taxes should be levied and on whom? Applying economic theory/analysis to spending, revenue, and tax policy issues facing governments.

APEC 5511 - Labor Economics
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[3001 or Econ 3101 or PA 5021], [PA 5032 or equiv], grad student] or #; fall, spring, every year)
Theoretical foundations of labor markets. Intertemporal/household labor supply. Demand for labor, efficiency wages. Human capital theory, unemployment, migration decisions. Analysis of econometric research applied to labor policy issues such as minimum wage, tax policy, social insurance, education.

 APEC 5721 - Economics of Science and Technology Policy (IP)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[5151 or & 5151], PA 5022] or #; fall, spring)
Economics of technical change, research, and technology. Productivity. Methods for evaluating impacts of R&D. Intellectual property rights.

APEC 5731 - Economic Growth and International Development
(3.0 cr; Prereq-3002 or [Econ 3101, Stat 3022]; Econ 4211 recommended; spring, every year)
Economics of research/development. Technical change, productivity growth. Impact of technology on institutions. Science/technology policy.

APEC 8203 - Applied Welfare Economics and Public Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-calculus, intermediate econ theory; spring, every year)
Basic concepts underlying measurement of welfare change, problems of market failure and externalities, social welfare functions, and distribution within and across generations. Application of concepts, based on case studies of the environment, returns to research, technical change, and agricultural policy.

APEC 8401 - Consumer Behavior and Policy
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Econ 5151 or [Econ 8001, Econ 8002] or [Econ 8101, Econ 8102] or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Analytical/empirical treatments of consumer behavior. Household decision making. Demand for quality characteristics. Review of basic consumer theory, policy-related issues, experimental economics, consumer-survey techniques. Types of data available to analyze consumer behavior and household decisions.

APEC 8404 - Labor Economics and Human Capital
(2.0 cr; Prereq-[8403, Econ 8001, Econ 8002] or [Econ 8101, Econ 8102] or #; A-F or Aud)
Topics in applied microeconomics related to labor supply and human capital. Focuses on household decisions and resulting outcomes in labor market. Household labor supply. Estimation of labor supply/earnings functions. Theory of human capital, wage structure/determination, and impacts of tax/transfer policies.