| ECO1102 |
Introduction to Macroeconomics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Macro versus micro. National accounting. Components of aggregate demand. National income determination and multiplier theory. Keynesian cross. Business cycles and economic instability. Fiscal policy. Money and monetary policy. Banking system. Unemployment and inflation. Controversies over stabilization policy. Canadian macroeconomic policy. Comparative advantage. This course cannot be combined for credits with ECO1302. |
| This course is intended primarily for students who intend to continue their studies in economics. This course cannot be combined for credits with ECO1302. |
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| ECO1104 |
Introduction to Microeconomics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Nature and scope of economics. Scarcity and choice. Market mechanism. Demand and supply curves. Shifts of demand and supply. Elasticity and determinants. Consumer behaviour. Nature of the firm and its basic decisions. Production functions. Total, average, and marginal cost curves. Price decision. Perfect competition. Monopoly. Price discrimination. Government regulation. Factor pricing. Case studies and applications. This course cannot be combined for credits with ECO1304. |
| This course is intended primarily for students who intend to continue their studies in economics. This course cannot be combined for credits with ECO1304. |
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| ECO1192 |
Engineering Economics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| The scope of engineering economics; mesoeconomics supply, demand, production; break-even analysis; economizing and comparing mathematics of money: time value mechanics; equivalent annual - worth comparison method; present worth comparisons; management of money: date and sensitivity analysis, industrial practices; analysis of public projects, economic analysis recognizing risk. This course is reserved for Engineering students and is not open to students registered in Economics. |
| This course is reserved for Engineering students only. |
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| ECO1302 |
Contemporary Macroeconomic Issues |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| The objective of this course is to provide students with the basic tools necessary to better understand contemporary macroeconomic issues. By the end of this course, students will be able to understand and think critically about macroeconomic issues. Topics that may be covered include: financial crises and financial markets, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, international trade and globalization, the balance of payments, the role of money and exchange rates, and monetary and fiscal policy. This course cannot be combined for credits with ECO1102. |
| This course is intended primarily for students who do NOT intend to continue their studies in economics. This course cannot be combined for credits with ECO1102. |
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| ECO1304 |
Contemporary Microeconomic Issues |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| The objective of this course is to provide students with the basic tools necessary to better understand contemporary microeconomic issues. By the end of this course, students will be able to understand and think critically about microeconomic issues. Topics that may be covered include: supply and demand, the determination of prices, taxation, the public sector, health, education, the environment, the labour market, income inequality, and poverty. This course cannot be combined for credits with ECO1102. |
| This course is intended primarily for students who do NOT intend to continue their studies in economics. This course cannot be combined for credits with ECO1104. |
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| ECO1502 |
Introduction � la macro�conomie |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Macro�conomie par rapport � micro�conomie. Comptes nationaux. Composantes de la demande globale. D�termination du revenu national et th�orie du multiplicateur. Diagramme keyn�sien. Cycles �conomiques et instabilit�. Politique budg�taire. Monnaie et politique mon�taire. Syst�me bancaire. Ch�mage et inflation. Controverses sur la politique de stabilisation. Politique macro�conomique canadienne. Avantage relatif. Ce cours ne peut �tre combin� pour fins de cr�dits avec ECO1702. |
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| ECO1504 |
Introduction � la micro�conomie |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Nature et �tendue de la science �conomique. Raret� et choix. M�canisme du march�. Courbes de demande et d'offre. D�placements de la demande et de l'offre. �lasticit� et ses d�terminants. Comportement du consommateur. Nature de l'entreprise et de ses d�cisions. Fonctions de production. Courbes de co�t total, moyen et marginal. D�termination du prix. Concurrence parfaite. Monopole. Discrimination par les prix. R�glementation gouvernementale. Prix des facteurs. �tudes de cas et applications. Ce cours ne peut �tre combin� pour fins de cr�dits avec ECO1704. |
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| ECO1592 |
Science �conomique pour les ing�nieurs |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| La port�e de l'�conomie du g�nie; m�so�conomie : offre, demande, production; analyse des co�ts et seuil de rentabilit�; analyse �conomique de projets; math�matiques financi�res : importance du facteur temps; comparaisons fond�es sur les principes d'�quivalence du rendement annuel et de la valeur escompt�e; gestion financi�re : donn�es et sensibilit�, pratiques industrielles; analyse des projets publics; analyses �conomiques en fonction de l'incertitude. Ce cours est r�serv� aux �tudiants de g�nie et n'est pas ouvert aux �tudiants inscrits en science �conomique. |
| Ce cours est r�serv� aux �tudiantes et �tudiants de g�nie seulement. |
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| ECO1702 |
Enjeux macro�conomiques contemporains |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Ce cours a pour objectif d'offrir aux �tudiants les outils de base n�cessaires pour une meilleure compr�hension des grands probl�mes et enjeux macro�conomiques contemporains. � la suite de ce cours, les �tudiants seront en mesure de comprendre et de poser un regard critique sur les actualit�s �conomiques. Parmi les th�mes abord�s, on compte : les march�s financiers et les crises financi�res, l'inflation, le ch�mage, la croissance �conomique, les �changes internationaux et la mondialisation, la balance des paiements, le r�le de la monnaie et les taux de change et les politiques fiscales et mon�taires. Ce cours ne peut �tre combin� pour fins de cr�dits avec ECO1502. |
| Ce cours s'adresse principalement aux �tudiantes et �tudiants qui N'ONT pas l'intention de poursuivre leurs �tudes en science �conomique. Ce cours ne peut �tre combin� pour fins de cr�dits avec ECO1502. |
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| ECO1704 |
Enjeux micro�conomiques contemporains |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Ce cours a pour objectif d'offrir aux �tudiants les outils de base n�cessaires pour une meilleure compr�hension des grands probl�mes et enjeux micro�conomiques contemporains. � la suite de ce cours, les �tudiants seront en mesure de comprendre et de poser un regard critique sur les actualit�s �conomiques. Parmi les th�mes abord�s, on compte : l'offre et la demande, la d�termination des prix, les imp�ts, le secteur public, la sant�, l'�ducation, l'environnement, le march� du travail, l'in�galit� et la pauvret�. Ce cours ne peut �tre combin� pour fins de cr�dits avec ECO1504. |
| Ce cours s'adresse principalement aux �tudiantes et �tudiants qui N'ONT pas l'intention de poursuivre leurs �tudes en science �conomique. Ce cours ne peut �tre combin� pour fins de cr�dits avec ECO1504 |
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| ECO2110 |
Microeconomic Analysis of the Public Sector |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Introduction to normative and positive theories of the role of the state in the economy. Analysis of public expenditures: public goods, externalities, redistribution. Principles of taxation. Selected problems in economic policy, including public expenditure programs (such as health, education and welfare), inter-governmental fiscal arrangements and tax policy issues. |
| Prerequisite: ECO1104. |
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| ECO2111 |
Economics of Women's Issues |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Overview of economic differences between women and men. Differential labour force trends over the past half century. Economics of household production and of the allocation of tasks within the household. Marriage, fertility, and marital dissolution. Issues related to female poverty and gender segregation in the workplace. Examination and explanations of gender wage gaps. Some comparative experiences and historial perspectives. Contribution of a feminist perspective to the main corpus of economics. |
| Prerequisite: ECO1104. |
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| ECO2112 |
The Economy of Quebec |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Analysis of the structure and the functioning of the economy of Quebec. The sectors of production. Investment and its financing. Small and medium scale firms; multinationals and the control of capital. Manpower problems. Standard of living and income inequalities. Metropolitan functions of Montreal as well as regional disparities. The public sector. The economic policies of provincial governments. Foreign transactions. The economic situation of Francophone minorities outside Quebec. |
| Prerequisites: ECO1102, ECO1104 or permission of the professor. (Previously: ECO3112.) |
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| ECO2113 |
Canada and the World Economy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| The purpose of this course is to show the importance of international trade for Canada, and the role of Canada in international exchanges of goods and services. Examination of statistical data on the balance of payments will enable the student to analyse and understand the structure of the international transactions of Canada with the rest of the world, by product as well as by country of origin and destination. |
| Prerequisite: 18 university credits. |
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| ECO2114 |
Introduction to Labour and Population Economics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Overview of labour market: supply, demand, and applications. Unions, wage differentials, discrimination, human capital. Demographics and economics. |
| Prerequisite: ECO1104. (Previously: ECO3116.) |
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| ECO2115 |
Introduction to Money and Banking |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Money and credit; chartered bank structure, practice and competition; financial markets; structure and operations of the Bank of Canada. Factors that determine the amount of money in existence, the process of deposit creation and destruction, and the instruments through which monetary control is implemented. Analysis of the development of the Canadian economy and its monetary policy since World War II. |
| Prerequisite: ECO1102. |
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| ECO2117 |
Introduction to the Economics of Developing Countries |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Definition of underdevelopment and its importance. The stages of economic development. The obstacles to development. Examination of some problems facing developing countries: inequality of income and wealth distribution, the problem of foreign indebtedness, the impact of foreign aid and multinational corporations. Canadian policy towards the developing countries. |
| Prerequisites: (ECO1102 or ECO1302), (ECO1104 or ECO1304). |
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| ECO2118 |
Introduction to the Economics of the Environment |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Principles of ecology. Energy economics. The rate of utilization of natural resources and the environment. Need for institutional solutions. Problems specific to each type of resource. Institutional aspects. Canadian policies relating to energy and natural resources. |
| Prerequisite: ECO1104 or permission of the professor. |
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| ECO2119 |
Introduction to Marxian Political Economy |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Introduction to the fundamental concepts of marxism. Commodity and value. Socially necessary labour. Surplus-value. Constant capital. Variable capital. Organic composition of capital. Transformation of value into production price and of surplus-value into profit. Capital accumulation, simple and expanded reproduction. The law of the falling rate of profit and the law of increasing concentration of capital. Crises of capitalist production. Application of these concepts to the study of contemporary capitalistic societies. Theory of imperialism. |
| Prerequisites: ECO1102, ECO1104 or the equivalent to be determined by the professor for students from other departments. (Previously: ECO4112.) |
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| ECO2121 |
Economics of Globalization |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| The globalization of markets, restructuring of national economies, mergers, dislocation and industrial sector restructuring, debt crisis, privatisation programmes, decline of the Welfare State, deregulation, internationalisation of macroeconomic reform, new global financial order, free trade agreements, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization (WTO). |
| Prerequisite: 18 university credits. |
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| ECO2123 |
Introduction to Health Economics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| An introduction to the major themes in health and health care economics: the determinants of health, the market for health care and the roles of insurance and government. Health care systems, with particular attention to the Canadian health care system and current policy debates. Basic knowledge of economic concepts and graph reading required. |
| Prerequisite: ECO1104 or the permission of the Faculty. |
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| ECO2142 |
Macroeconomic Theory I |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Overview of economic activity and national income accounting. The market for goods and services; the money market; international trade and capital flows. Analysis of internal and external equilibria with fixed prices: fixed and flexible exchange rates; analysis of fiscal and monetary policies. Aggregate demand, aggregate supply, and the determination of the price level. |
| Prerequisites: ECO1102, ECO1104, MAT1300, MAT1302. |
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| ECO2143 |
Macroeconomic Theory II |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Components of aggregate demand: consumption, investment; money demand and supply. The government budget constraint. The stabilization policy controversy. Macroeconomic dynamics in closed and open economies: the analysis of unemployment and inflation. Introduction to rational expectations. |
| Prerequisite: ECO2142. (Previously: ECO3142.) |
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| ECO2144 |
Microeconomic Theory I |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Normative and positive microeconomics. Statics and comparative statics. The market: supply, demand, elasticity. Perfect competition. Consumer decisions: preference, utility functions, indifference maps, demand function, revealed preferences. Theory of the firm: technology, production function, economies of scale, cost functions, profit. Linear programming, the short-run and the long-run. Industry equilibrium. Factors of production: capital, labour, natural resources. Rent and quasi-rent. |
| Prerequisites: ECO1102, ECO1104, MAT1300, MAT1302. |
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| ECO2145 |
Microeconomic Theory II |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Market structures: monopoly, bilateral monopoly, imperfect competition, duopoly, oligopoly. Alternative theories of the behavior of firms and their actual behavior. General equilibrium. Input-output analysis. Welfare economics: Pareto optimality, Arrow's impossibility theorem, compensation principles, second best, consumer surplus, X-efficiency. Intertemporal decisions and assets. Uncertainty: decisions, risk aversion, insurance, information. Externalities and property rights. Public goods and government role. Economics of regulation. Distribution of income. Technological change. |
| Prerequisite: ECO2144. (Previously: ECO3144.) |
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| ECO2146 |
Introduction to Canadian Economic History |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Canadian economic development since colonization, from historical and economic perspectives; successive staple exports, agriculture and colonization, industrialization and urbanization; evolution of technology, means of transportation, financial institutions, labour relations, economic policies of the State, and commercial relations with the rest of the world. |
| Prerequisite : 18 university credits |
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| ECO2147 |
Analysis of Economic Data |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| A statistical and analytical review of data on important economic variables. Sources and construction of available data. Measurement and construction of indicators. Interpretation of macroeconomic, microeconomic, and budgetary indicators. Cross-section and time-series data. |
| Prerequisites: (ECO1102 or ECO1302), (ECO1104 or ECO1304). |
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| ECO2192 |
Macroeconomic Analysis |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Development of an analytical framework to help managers understand the macroeconomic environment within the present Canadian context. Analysis of monetary and fiscal policies and of retrospective and prospective macroeconomic indicators. |
| Prerequisites: ECO1102, ECO1104. This course cannot be combined for credits with ECO2142. Not open to students registered in Economics. |
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| ECO2199 |
Special Topics I |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Study of selected economic topics. Contents may change from year to year. May be repeated for credit. |
| Prerequisites: ECO1102, ECO1104. |
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| ECO2510 |
Analyse micro�conomique du secteur public |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Introduction aux th�ories normatives et positives du r�le de l'�tat dans l'�conomie. Analyse des d�penses gouvernementales : biens collectifs, externalit�s, la redistribution. Principes de taxation. Probl�mes de politique �conomique choisis incluant des programmes de d�penses (sant�, �ducation, assistance sociale), les relations fiscales intergouvernementales et la politique de taxation. |
| Pr�alable : ECO1504. |
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| ECO2511 |
�conomie de la condition f�minine |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Vue d'ensemble des diff�rences �conomiques entre les hommes et les femmes. �volution comparative des taux d'activit� durant le dernier demi-si�cle. �conomie de la production domestique et de l'allocation des t�ches dans le m�nage. Mariage, f�condit� et dissolution matrimoniale. Probl�mes de la pauvret� chez les femmes et de la s�gr�gation selon le sexe sur le march� du travail. Examen et explications des �carts de salaires selon le sexe. Quelques exp�riences comparatives et perspectives historiques. Contribution d'une approche f�ministe � la pens�e �conomique. |
| Pr�alable : ECO1504. |
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| ECO2512 |
�conomie du Qu�bec |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Analyse de la structure et du fonctionnement de l'�conomie qu�b�coise. Les secteurs de production. �volution des investissements et leur financement. Petites et moyennes entreprises : multinationales et contr�le du capital. Les probl�mes de main-d'oeuvre. Niveaux de vie et in�galit�s de revenus. Fonctions m�tropolitaines de Montr�al et disparit�s r�gionales. Le secteur public. Les politiques �conomiques gouvernementales. Les �changes ext�rieurs. La situation �conomique des minorit�s francophones hors du Qu�bec. |
| Pr�alables : ECO1502, ECO1504 ou permission du professeur. (Ant�rieurement : ECO3512.) |
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| ECO2513 |
Le Canada et l'�conomie mondiale |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| L'objectif de ce cours est de montrer l'importance du commerce international pour le Canada et le r�le du Canada dans le r�seau des �changes internationaux. La pr�sentation des donn�es statistiques sur la balance des paiements permettra d'analyser la structure des �changes internationaux du Canada, par produit ainsi que par pays d'origine et de destination. |
| Pr�alable : 18 cr�dits universitaires. |
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| ECO2514 |
Introduction � l'�conomie du travail et de la population |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Survol du march� du travail : offre, demande et applications. Syndicats, disparit�s de salaires, discrimination et capital humain. D�mographie et �conomie. |
| Pr�alable : ECO1504. (Ant�rieurement : ECO3516.) |
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| ECO2515 |
Monnaie et banques : introduction |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Monnaie et cr�dit; structure des banques � charte, pratique et concurrence, march�s financiers; structures et fonctionnement de la Banque du Canada. Facteurs qui d�terminent le montant de la monnaie en cours, processus de cr�ation et de destruction des d�p�ts, instruments par lesquels s'effectue le contr�le mon�taire. Analyse du d�veloppement de l'�conomie canadienne et de la politique mon�taire au Canada depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale. |
| Pr�alable : ECO1502. |
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| ECO2517 |
Introduction au d�veloppement �conomique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| D�finition du sous-d�veloppement et son importance. Les �tapes du d�veloppement �conomique. Les obstacles au d�veloppement. Une �tude plus pouss�e sera faite de quelques probl�mes auxquels font face plusieurs pays en voie de d�veloppement : l'in�galit� qui caract�rise la r�partition des revenus et de la richesse, la question de l'endettement ext�rieur, l'impact de l'aide �trang�re et des firmes multinationales. La politique canadienne envers les pays en voie de d�veloppement. |
| Pr�alables : (ECO1502 ou ECO1702), (ECO1504 ou ECO1704). |
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| ECO2518 |
Introduction � l'�conomie de l'environnement |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| �l�ments d'�cologie. L'�conomie de l'�nergie. Utilisation des ressources naturelles et environnement. N�cessit� de solutions institutionnelles. Probl�mes sp�cifiques � chaque type de ressource. Aspects institutionnels. Politiques canadiennes concernant l'�nergie et les ressources naturelles. |
| Pr�alable : ECO1504 ou permission du professeur. |
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| ECO2519 |
Introduction � l'�conomie politique marxiste |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Introduction aux concepts fondamentaux du marxisme : marchandise et valeur. Travail socialement n�cessaire. Plus-value. Capital constant. Capital variable. Composition organique du capital. Transformation de la valeur en prix de production et de la plus-value en profit. Accumulation du capital, reproduction simple et �largie. Baisse tendancielle du taux de profit et tendance � la concentration du capital. Crises de la production capitaliste. Applications de ces concepts � l'�tude des soci�t�s capitalistes contemporaines. Th�orie de l'imp�rialisme. |
| Pr�alables : ECO1502, ECO1504 ou l'�quivalent � d�terminer par le professeur pour les �tudiant(e)s provenant d'autres d�partements. (Ant�rieurement : ECO4512.) |
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| ECO2521 |
�conomie et mondialisation |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| La mondialisation des march�s, la restructuration des �conomies nationales, la fusion d'entreprises, la d�localisation, la crise de la dette, les privatisations, le d�clin de l'�tat-providence, la d�r�glementation, l'internationalisation des r�formes macro-�conomiques, le nouvel ordre financier mondial, les accords de libre �change, le Fonds mon�taire international (FMI), la Banque mondiale et l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC). |
| Pr�alable : 18 cr�dits universitaires. |
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| ECO2523 |
Introduction � l'�conomie de la sant� |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Introduction aux enjeux principaux des �tudes de l'�conomie de la sant� et des soins de sant� : d�terminants de la sant�, march� des soins de sant�, r�le des assurances et du gouvernement. Syst�mes de soins de sant�: le syst�me canadien et les d�bats politiques courants. Connaissance de base des concepts d'�conomie et de la lecture de graphiques requise. |
| Pr�alable : ECO1504 ou approbation de la Facult�. |
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| ECO2542 |
Th�orie macro�conomique I |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Vue d'ensemble de l'activit� �conomique et comptabilit� nationale. Le march� des biens et des services; le march� de la monnaie; commerce international et flux de capitaux. Analyse d'�quilibre interne et externe avec prix fixes : taux de change fixe et libre; analyse de la politique budg�taire et mon�taire. Demande globale, offre globale et la d�termination des prix. |
| Pr�alables : ECO1502, ECO1504, MAT1700, MAT1702. |
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| ECO2543 |
Th�orie macro�conomique II |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Composantes de la demande globale : la consommation, l'investissement, l'offre et la demande de la monnaie. La contrainte budg�taire du gouvernement. La controverse sur les politiques de stabilisation. La dynamique macro�conomique en �conomie ferm�e et ouverte : l'analyse du ch�mage et de l'inflation. Introduction aux mod�les avec attentes rationnelles. |
| Pr�alable : ECO2542. (Ant�rieurement : ECO3542.) |
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| ECO2544 |
Th�orie micro�conomique I |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Th�orie micro�conomique normative et positive. Statique et statique compar�e. Le march� : offre, demande, �lasticit�. Concurrence parfaite. D�cisions du consommateur : pr�f�rence, fonction d'utilit�, cartes d'indiff�rence, fonction de demande, pr�f�rence r�v�l�e. D�cisions de l'entreprise : technologie, fonction de production, �conomies d'�chelle, fonctions de co�t, profit. Programmation lin�aire. Court et long terme. �quilibre de l'industrie. Facteurs de production : capital, travail, ressources naturelles. Rente et quasi-rente. |
| Pr�alables : ECO1502, ECO1504, MAT1700, MAT1702. |
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| ECO2545 |
Th�orie micro�conomique II |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Structures de march� : monopole, monopole bilat�ral, concurrence imparfaite,duopole, oligopole. Th�ories alternatives du comportement des entreprises en relation avec le comportement r�el de celles-ci. �quilibre g�n�ral. Analyse intrants-extrants. �conomie du bien-�tre : optimum de Pareto, th�or�me d'impossibilit� d'Arrow, crit�res de compensation, de compromis, surplus du consommateur, efficacit�-X. D�cisions intertemporelles et avoirs. Incertitude : d�cisions, aversion pour le risque, assurance, information. Externalit�s et droits de propri�t�. Biens publics et r�le du gouvernement. �conomie de la r�glementation. Distribution des revenus. Changement technologique. |
| Pr�alable : ECO2544. (Ant�rieurement : ECO3544.) |
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| ECO2546 |
Introduction � l'histoire �conomique canadienne |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Survol du d�veloppement �conomique canadien depuis les d�buts de la colonisation (exportations de base, agriculture et colonisation, puis industrialisation et urbanisation). �volution de la technologie, des moyens de transport, des institutions financi�res, des relations de travail, des politiques �conomiques de l'�tat et des relations commerciales avec l'�tranger. |
| Pr�alable : 18 cr�dits universitaires. |
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| ECO2547 |
Analyse de donn�es �conomiques |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Examen statistique et analytique sur les principales donn�es �conomiques. Sources et traitement des donn�es disponibles. Mesure et construction d'indicateurs. Interpr�tation d'indicateurs macro�conomiques, micro�conomiques et budg�taires. S�ries transversales et s�ries chronologiques. |
| Pr�alables : (ECO1502 ou ECO1702), (ECO1504 ou ECO1704). |
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| ECO2592 |
Analyse macro�conomique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| D�veloppement d'un cadre d'analyse susceptible d'aider les gestionnaires � comprendre l'environnement macro�conomique dans le contexte canadien actuel. Analyse des politiques mon�taires et fiscales et des indicateurs macro�conomiques r�trospectifs et prospectifs. |
| Pr�alables : ECO1502, ECO1504. Ce cours ne peut �tre combin� pour fins de cr�dits avec ECO2542 et n'est pas ouvert aux �tudiants inscrits en science �conomique. |
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| ECO2599 |
Th�mes choisis I |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| �tude des th�mes �conomiques s�lectionn�s. Contenu pourra changer d'ann�e en ann�e. Peut �tre repris pour cr�dit. |
| Pr�alables : ECO1502, ECO1504. |
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| ECO2901 |
Rapport de stage I / Work Term I |
3 cr. |
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| ECO3111 |
International Trade |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Classical theory of comparative advantage. Neo-classical theory (Heckscher-Ohlin). Effects of trade on factor prices and factor movements, economic growth and welfare, commercial policy: barriers to trade. Balance of payments: accounting and interpretation. Foreign exchange market, exchange standards and adjustment mechanisms. |
| Prerequisite: ECO2144. (Previously: ECO4113.) |
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| ECO3119 |
Comparative Economic Systems |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Morphology and classification of economic systems with the aid of criteria and of the concept of structure. Origin and evolution of these systems in relationship to their economic development. Typology: capitalism and state monopoly capitalism, socialism and market socialism, co-operatives, and worker self-management. The role of consumers, workers, capitalists and the State. Analysis of some neo-classical and radical opinions concerning existing economic systems. The economic system in theory and practice. |
| Prerequisites: ECO2142, ECO2144. |
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| ECO3121 |
Economics of the European Union |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Post second World War quest towards an economic and monetary union in Europe. Historical process from 1958 to target dates of 1999 and 2002 for the irrevocable fixing of exchange rates of the Euro against the national currencies and for the withdrawal of national currencies, respectively. Measures of progress, or lack thereof, undertaken to complete the goal of the Treaty of Rome of creating a single market between the Member States of the European Union. |
| Prerequisite: ECO2142. |
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| ECO3132 |
History of Economic Thought |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Economic doctrines and history of economic analysis from their origins to date. Analytical thought in the works of the Physiocrats, Smith, Malthus, Ricardo, Mill and Marx. Marginalism: Walras, Marshall and their successors. Historical and institutionalist schools. The Keynesian revolution. Current economic thought. |
| Prerequisites: ECO2143, ECO2145. |
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| ECO3136 |
World Economic History |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Analysis of the factors explaining the industrial revolution. Economic growth before, during and after industrialization. Economic structures and social classes of these countries. Industrialization, capitalism and underdevelopment. |
| Prerequisites: ECO1102, ECO1104 or permission of the Faculty. |
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| ECO3139 |
Industrial Organization I |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| The economics of specific industries and services in the private, public and "mixed" sectors. Concepts of a firm and a market. Market structures in the industries examined both in regards to vertical integration and horizontal concentration. The behaviour of the firms examined will be contrasted with what the neo-classical models would predict. Accent will be placed on industries and market structures important in the Canadian context. Patterns of discovery, inventions, innovations, patents and licensing, etc. |
| Prerequisite: ECO2144. |
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| ECO3145 |
Mathematical Economics I |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Theory and economic applications of the following topics: optimization of functions with and without constraints (equality and inequality); implicit functions; comparative statics; Taylor series; envelope theorem; integration; first-order difference and differential equations. |
| Prerequisites: ECO1102, ECO1104, MAT1300, MAT1302. (Previously: ECO2140 and ECO2141.) |
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| ECO3148 |
Introduction to Regional and Urban Economics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Regional economic structure. Interregional flows of products and factors of production. Determination of regional income. Unemployment and migration. Causes of regional disparities. The concept of urban area. Markets and cities in a spatial setting. Theory of land rent and land uses. Urban structure. Economics of neighbourhoods. Economics of city sizes. Urban housing and transportation. Regional and urban policies in Canada in a historical perspective. |
| Prerequisite: ECO2142. |
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| ECO3149 |
Application of Cost-Benefit Analysis to Public Projects |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Role of infrastructure and other public investments (health, education, etc.), in the economy in general. Methods of evaluating the costs and benefits of public sector projects and programs. Determining the prices of private and public goods. Measurement of externalities and consideration of distributional effects. Present value, private and social rate of return, measures of social welfare. The Pareto criterion. |
| Prerequisite: ECO2145. |
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| ECO3150 |
Probability and Statistics for Economists |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Role of statistics in economic analysis. Descriptive statistics. Probability and random variables. Distributions and moments of discrete and continuous random variables. Joint distributions. Sampling distributions. Point and interval estimation. Hypothesis testing. |
| Prerequisites: ECO1102, ECO1104, MAT1300, MAT1302. (Previously: ECO2340.) |
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| ECO3151 |
Introduction to Econometrics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Definition and scope of econometrics. The simple linear regression model and the method of ordinary least-squares. Properties of the estimators. Statistical tests of significance. The multiple regression model. Regression and analysis of variance. Violation of the assumptions of the classical least-squares estimator : heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation, multicollinearity, errors in variables. Introduction to simultaneous equations models. |
| Prerequisite: ECO3150. (Previously: ECO3140). |
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| ECO3152 |
Macroeconomic Theory III |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Alternative views of the macroeconomic system. The rational expectations controversy. Theories of the business cycle. The theory of stabilization policy in closed and open economies. Economic dynamics and growth theory. |
| Prerequisite: ECO2143. Corequisite: ECO3145. (Previously: ECO4120.) |
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| ECO3153 |
Microeconomic Theory III |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Review of the Walrasian general equilibrium and Pareto efficiency in a perfectly competitive economy with no externalities. The neo-classical theory of consumption and its axiomatic presentation. Other approaches to consumer theory. The neo-classical theory of production and its axiomatic presentation. Other approaches to production theory. Market structures revisited: perfect competition as a borderline case. Static losses due to imperfect markets. General equilibrium and optimization in imperfect settings: externalities and public goods. Social welfare functions. Optimization over time. |
| Prerequisites: ECO2145, ECO3145. (Previously: ECO4122.) |
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| ECO3199 |
Special Topics II |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Study of selected economic topics. Contents may change from year to year. May be repeated for credits. |
| Prerequisites: ECO2142, ECO2144. (Previously: ECO3180.) |
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| ECO3511 |
Commerce international |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Th�orie classique des avantages compar�s. Th�orie n�o-classique (Heckscher-Ohlin). Influence des �changes internationaux sur les prix et les mouvements des facteurs de production, la croissance et le bien-�tre �conomiques. Politique commerciale : obstacles aux �changes internationaux. Balance des paiements : comptabilit� et interpr�tation. March� des changes, r�gimes de change et m�canismes d'ajustement. |
| Pr�alable : ECO2544. (Ant�rieurement : ECO4513.) |
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| ECO3519 |
Syst�mes �conomiques compar�s |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Morphologie et classification de syst�mes �conomiques � l'aide de crit�res et du concept de structure. Origine et �volution des syst�mes en relation avec leur niveau de d�veloppement �conomique. Typologie : capitalisme et capitalisme monopoliste d'�tat, socialisme et socialisme de march�, coop�ratives et autogestion. R�les des consommateurs, des travailleurs, des capitalistes et de l'�tat. Points de vue d'�conomistes critiques et d'�conomistes partisans des divers syst�mes �conomiques. Syst�mes th�oriques et fonctionnement r�el : �tude de cas. |
| Pr�alables : ECO2542, ECO2544. |
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| ECO3521 |
�conomie de l'Union europ�enne |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Recherche depuis la fin de la deuxi�me Guerre Mondiale d'une union �conomique et mon�taire en Europe. Processus historique depuis 1958 jusqu'aux dates projet�es pour la fixation du taux de change de l'Euro par rapport aux monnaies nationales en l'an 1999 et au retrait des monnaies nationales en l'an 2002. Mesures de la pr�sence ou de l'absence de progr�s dans la r�alisation des objectifs du Trait� de Rome qui visait � cr�er un march� unique entre les �tats membres de l'Union europ�enne. |
| Pr�alable : ECO2542. |
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| ECO3532 |
Histoire de la pens�e �conomique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Doctrines �conomiques et histoire de l'analyse �conomique de ses origines � nos jours. La pens�e analytique chez les physiocrates: Smith, Malthus, Ricardo, Mill et Marx. Le marginalisme : Walras, Marshall et leurs successeurs. �coles historiques et institutionnalistes. La r�volution keyn�sienne. Aper�u des courants actuels. |
| Pr�alables : ECO2543, ECO2545. |
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| ECO3536 |
Histoire �conomique mondiale |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Analyse des facteurs expliquant la r�volution industrielle. La croissance �conomique avant, pendant et apr�s l'industrialisation. Les structures �conomiques et les classes sociales des pays concern�s. R�volution industrielle, capitalisme et sous-d�veloppement. |
| Pr�alables : ECO1502, ECO1504 ou la permission de la Facult�. |
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| ECO3539 |
Organisation industrielle I |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| �tude de l'�conomie de certaines industries et de certains services, dans les secteurs priv�s, publics et mixtes{. Concepts d'entreprise et de march�. Structures d'un march� dans les industries; int�gration verticale et concentration horizontale. �tude approfondie des industries et des structures de march� importantes dans le contexte canadien. �tude des mod�les de d�couvertes, d'inventions, de brevets et de patentes, etc. |
| Pr�alable : ECO2544. |
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| ECO3545 |
�conomie math�matique I |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Th�orie et applications �conomiques dans les domaines suivants : optimisation de fonctions avec et sans contraintes (�galit� et in�galit�); fonctions implicites; statique compar�e; s�ries de Taylor; th�or�me de l'enveloppe; int�gration; �quations diff�rentielles et de diff�rence de premier ordre. |
| Pr�alables : ECO1502, ECO1504, MAT1700, MAT1702. (Ant�rieurement : ECO2540 et ECO2541.) |
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| ECO3548 |
Introduction � l'�conomie r�gionale et urbaine |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Structure �conomique r�gionale. Flux interr�gionaux de produits et facteurs de production. D�termination du revenu r�gional. Ch�mage et migrations. Causes des disparit�s r�gionales. La notion d'aire urbaine. March�s et villes dans un ensemble spatial. Th�orie de la rente et de l'utilisation du sol. Structure urbaine. �conomie du voisinage. �conomie de la taille des villes. Logement et transport urbain. Politiques r�gionales et urbaines au Canada dans une perspective historique. |
| Pr�alable : ECO2542. |
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| ECO3549 |
Analyse co�ts-avantages appliqu�e aux projets publics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| R�le des infrastructures et investissements publics (sant�, �ducation, etc.) dans une �conomie en g�n�ral. M�thodes d'�valuation des co�ts et avantages de projets et programmes reli�s au secteur public. D�termination des prix de biens publics vs biens priv�s. Mesure des externalit�s et prise en consid�ration des effets redistributifs. Valeur pr�sente, taux de rendement priv� et social, mesures de bien-�tre. Crit�re de Pareto. |
| Pr�alable : ECO2545. |
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| ECO3550 |
Probabilit� et statistique pour �conomistes |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| R�le de la statistique dans l'analyse �conomique. Statistiques descriptives. Probabilit� et variables al�atoires. Distributions et moments de variables al�atoires continues et discr�tes. Distributions conjointes. Distributions d'�chantillonnage. Estimation ponctuelle et par intervalle. Tests d'hypoth�ses. |
| Pr�alables: ECO1502, ECO1504, MAT1700, MAT1702. (Ant�rieurement : ECO2540.) |
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| ECO3551 |
Introduction � l'�conom�trie |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| D�finition et port�e de l'�conom�trie. Le mod�le de r�gression lin�aire simple et la m�thode des moindres carr�s ordinaires. Propri�t�s des estimateurs. Tests d'hypoth�se. Le mod�le de r�gression multiple. R�gression et analyse de la variance. Abandon des postulats classiques des moindres carr�s : h�t�rosc�dasticit�, autocorr�lation, multicollin�arit�, erreurs sur les variables. Introduction aux mod�les � �quations simultan�es. |
| Pr�alable : ECO3550. (Ant�rieurement : ECO3540.) |
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| ECO3552 |
Th�orie macro�conomique III |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Diff�rentes conceptions du syst�me macro�conomique. La controverse sur les attentes rationnelles. Th�ories du cycle �conomique. La th�orie de la politique de stabilisation en �conomie ferm�e et ouverte. Dynamique et th�orie de la croissance. |
| Pr�alable : ECO2543. Concomitant : ECO3545. (Ant�rieurement : ECO4520.) |
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| ECO3553 |
Th�orie micro�conomique III |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| R�vision des notions d'�quilibre g�n�rale de Walras et de l'optimum de Pareto dans une �conomie de concurrence parfaite sans externalit�s. La th�orie n�o-classique de la consommation. Pr�sentation axiomatique. Autres approches � la th�orie de la consommation. La th�orie n�o-classique de la production et sa pr�sentation axiomatique. Autres approches � la th�orie de la production. Les structures de march�s : la concurrence parfaite comme cas limite. Pertes dues aux imperfections de march� dans un contexte statique. �quilibre g�n�ral et optimum avec imperfections : externalit�s et biens publics. Fonctions de bien-�tre social. Optimisation temporelle. |
| Pr�alables : ECO2545, ECO3545. (Ant�rieurement : ECO4522.) |
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| ECO3599 |
Th�mes choisis II |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| �tude des th�mes �conomiques s�lectionn�s. Contenu pourra changer d'ann�e en ann�e. Peut �tre repris pour cr�dit. |
| Pr�alables : ECO2542, ECO2544. (Ant�rieurement : ECO3580.) |
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| ECO3901 |
Rapport de stage II / Work Term II |
3 cr. |
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| ECO3902 |
Rapport de stage III / Work Term III |
3 cr. |
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| ECO4114 |
Post-Keynesian Theory: Money and Effective Demand |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| The firm. The theory of the mark-up: degree of monopoly and capacity utilization; the megacorp: power and objectives; managerial theories of the firm: the valuation ratio and financial constraints; growth and investment of the firm as factors determining the mark-up. The loop economy. Normal prices and remuneration, endogeneous money supply, effective demand; investment, expectations, uncertainty, speculation, financial instability, economic cycles and growth; the aggregate mark-up and income distribution. Stagflation and incomes policies. |
| Prerequisites: ECO2143, ECO2145. |
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| ECO4115 |
Monetary Theory |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Monetary transmission mechanisms and channels of monetary influence. Demand for money: theories and their empirical verification. Supply of money. Role of money in a classical and Keynesian macro-system. Modern "Quantity Theory of Money". Monetary aspects of inflation. Government monetary policies for achieving full employment, price stability, and equilibrium in the balance of payments. |
| Prerequisite: ECO2143. |
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| ECO4116 |
Labour Economics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Labour supply, labour demand applications. Competitive and monopsonistic equilibrium. Union behaviour and its impact on labour markets. Wage structures and compensating differentials. Phillips curve analysis and critiques. |
| Prerequisites: ECO2143, ECO2145. |
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| ECO4117 |
Development Economics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Identification of present international development problems; analysis of the economic structure and the functioning of a Third World economy; critical assessment of various traditional development theories; the historical integration of Third World economies into the world economic system; analysis of various policies and strategies pursued at the national level to promote economic development; international aspects and issues relevant to national economic strategies of Third World countries, including the r�le of foreign aid; new contepts and approaches to development. |
| Prerequisites: ECO2143, ECO2145. (Previously: ECO3117.) |
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| ECO4121 |
Public Economics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| An analytic treatment of the economics of the public sector with an emphasis on equity and efficiency as criteria for public decision making. Public choice theory. Expenditure theory, public goods, externalities, and public provision of private goods. Theory of taxation, tax incidence and tax neutrality. Principles of fiscal policy, economic stabilization, goverment borrowing, federal-provincial fiscal relationships. Issues in Canadian public policy. |
| Prerequisite: ECO2144. (Previously: ECO3120.) |
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| ECO4123 |
International Finance |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Balance of payments. Fixed and flexible exchange rates. The functioning of the international monetary system. The International Monetary Fund and problems of international liquidity. |
| Prerequisite: ECO2143. (Previously: ECO3123.) |
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| ECO4136 |
Economics of the Environment |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| A survey of theory, policies and experience concerning the disposal and utilization of Canada's natural endowment. Problems of open-access resources and of ownership and jurisdiction. Markets, values and externalities. Criteria of efficient allocation, not only in terms of immediate personal and social cost-benefit, but also through time (user cost, conservation problems) and in relation to wider issues of the location of population and industry, economic growth, pollution, and the preservation of the environment. |
| Prerequisites: ECO2143, ECO2145. |
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| ECO4139 |
Industrial Organization II |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Oligopoly behaviour and game theory. Models of cooperative and non-cooperative behaviour, price and quantity-setting oligopolies, static and dynamic games. Economic problems of asymmetric and incomplete information : consumer search, advertising, quality choice, etc. |
| Prerequisite: ECO2145. |
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| ECO4145 |
Mathematical Economics II |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Theory and economic applications of the following topics: second and higher-order difference and differential equations; dynamic systems; optimal control theory; dynamic programming; linear programming; numerical methods; simulation modelling. |
| Prerequisites: ECO2142, ECO2144, ECO3145. (Previously: ECO3141.) |
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| ECO4165 |
Cost-Benefit Analysis and Project Evaluation |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Economic concepts of costs and benefits. Consumer surplus. Rents and producer surplus. Shadow pricing. The problem of second best. External effects and compensation. The costs of implementing Pareto improvements. Methods of evaluating private and public projects: present value, internal rate of return, and other techniques. Uncertainty and distribution of costs and benefits. The social discount rate. The welfare basis of cost benefit analysis. Allocation, distribution and equity. Case studies. |
| Prerequisites: ECO2143, ECO2145. |
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| ECO4186 |
Applied Econometrics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Application of econometric methods for testing economic theories. Formulation of economic theories into hypotheses which can be tested with available statistical data. Examination of empirical econometric studies in various areas of economic theory; for example: consumption function and demand analysis, investment theory, cost functions, production functions, demand for money, estimation of the Phillips curve, and studies of inflation and unemployment. |
| Prerequisites: ECO2143, ECO2145, ECO3151. |
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| ECO4190 |
Health Economics |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Seminar course designed to introduce students to the issues, theories and practice of health economics. Focus will be on current empirical research with particular attention to the Canadian health care system. |
| Prerequisite: ECO2145. |
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| ECO4199 |
Special Topics III |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Study of selected economic topics. Contents may change from year to year. May be repeated for credit. |
| Prerequisites: ECO3152, ECO3153. (Previously: ECO4180.) |
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| ECO4514 |
Th�orie post-Keyn�sienne : monnaie et demande effective |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| L'entreprise. La th�orie du mark-up : le degr� de monopole et capacit�s exc�dentaires; la m�gasoci�t� : son pouvoir et ses objectifs; les th�ories manag�riales : ration d'�valuation et contraintes financi�res; la croissance et l'investissement de l'entreprise : d�terminants du mark-up. La th�orie du circuit. R�mun�rations et prix normaux, monnaie endog�ne, demande effective : l'investissement, les anticipations, l'incertitude, la sp�culation, l'instabilit� financi�re, les cycles et la croissance : le mark-up macro�conomique et la r�partition. Stagflation et politiques des revenus. |
| Pr�alables : ECO2543, ECO2545. |
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| ECO4515 |
Th�orie mon�taire |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| M�thodes des transmissions mon�taires et impact de la monnaie sur l'�conomie. Demande de monnaie : Les th�ories et leur v�rification empirique. R�le de la monnaie dans la Mod�le Keyn�sien. La version moderne de la th�orie de la quantit� de monnaie{. Aspects mon�taires de l'inflation. Politique mon�taire pour le plein emploi, la stabilit� des prix et l'�quilibre de la balance des paiements. |
| Pr�alable : ECO2543. |
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| ECO4516 |
�conomie du travail |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Offre de travail, demande de travail, applications. �quilibre concurrentiel et monopsone. Comportement syndical et impact sur les march�s. Structures des salaires et diff�rences compensatrices. Courbe de Phillips et critiques. |
| Pr�alables : ECO2543, ECO2545. |
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| ECO4517 |
�conomie du d�veloppement |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Identification de la probl�matique actuelle du d�veloppement international; analyse de la structure �conomique d'une �conomie p�riph�rique et de son fonctionnement; analyse critique de plusieurs th�ories traditionnelles du d�veloppement; l'int�gration historique du Tiers-Monde dans le syst�me capitaliste mondial; diverses politiques et strat�gies de d�veloppement national; dimensions internationales (y compris le r�le de l'aide) influant sur le d�veloppement �conomique du Tiers-Monde; approches et concepts nouveaux en mati�re de d�veloppement national et international. |
| Pr�alables : ECO2543, ECO2545. (Ant�rieurement : ECO3517.) |
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| ECO4521 |
�conomie publique |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Analyse de l'�conomie du secteur public en insistant sur l'�quit� et l'efficacit� comme crit�res de d�cision du secteur public. Th�orie des choix publics. Th�orie des d�penses, biens collectifs, externalit�s et offre publique des biens priv�s. Th�orie de la taxation, incidence fiscale et neutralit� du r�gime fiscal. Principes de la politique fiscale, stabilisation de l'�conomie, endettement du gouvernement. Relations fiscales f�d�rales-provinciales. Probl�mes de politique publique canadienne. |
| Pr�alable : ECO2544. (Ant�rieurement : ECO3520.) |
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| ECO4523 |
Finances internationales |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Analyse de la balance des paiements. Taux de change fixes ou flexibles. Fonctionnement du syst�me mon�taire international. Le Fonds mon�taire international et les probl�mes de liquidit� internationale. |
| Pr�alable : ECO2543. (Ant�rieurement : ECO3523.) |
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| ECO4536 |
�conomie de l'environnement |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Un survol de la th�orie, des politiques et de l'histoire de l'utilisation de la dotation naturelle du Canada. Probl�mes de ressources � libre acc�s, de droit de propri�t� et de juridiction. March�s, valeurs et externalit�s. Crit�res d'allocation temporelle optimale personnels et collectifs (co�ts d'usage, probl�mes de conservation) dans le cadre �largi de la localisation de la population et de l'industrie, de la croissance �conomique, de la pollution et de la pr�servation de l'environnement. |
| Pr�alables : ECO2543, ECO2545. |
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| ECO4539 |
Organisation industrielle II |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Comportement des oligopoles et th�orie des jeux. Mod�les de coop�ration et de concurrence, jeux statiques et dynamiques, prix et quantit� comme variables de d�cision. Probl�mes �conomiques d�s � l'asym�trie et l'absence d'information : qu�te des consommateurs, publicit�, choix de qualit� des produits, etc. |
| Pr�alable : ECO2545. |
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| ECO4545 |
�conomie math�matique II |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Th�orie et applications �conomiques dans les domaines suivants : �quations de diff�rences et diff�rentielles de deuxi�me ordre et d'ordres sup�rieurs; syst�mes dynamiques; th�orie du contr�le optimal; programmation dynamique; programmation lin�aire; m�thodes num�riques; mod�les de simulation. |
| Pr�alables : ECO2542, ECO2544, ECO3545. (Ant�rieurement : ECO3541.) |
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| ECO4565 |
Analyse avantage-co�t et �valuation de projets |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Concepts �conomiques de co�t et d'avantage. Surplus au consommateur. Rentes, surplus au producteur. M�thodes des prix comptables. Probl�mes de moindre mal. Effets externes et compensation. Co�ts de mise en oeuvre de solutions Pareto-sup�rieurs. M�thodes d'�valuation des projets priv�s et publics, valeur pr�sente, taux de rendement interne et autres m�thodes. Incertitude et distribution des co�ts et avantages. Le taux d'escompte social. Les fondements de l'analyse avantage-co�t dans l'�conomie du bien-�tre. Allocation, distribution et �quit�. |
| Pr�alables : ECO2543, ECO2545. |
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| ECO4586 |
�conom�trie appliqu�e |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Utilisation des m�thodes �conom�triques pour la v�rification d'hypoth�ses �conomiques. Formulation des th�ories �conomiques sous forme d'hypoth�ses qui peuvent �tre test�es par l'utilisation de donn�es statistiques. Discussion des r�sultats d'�tudes �conom�triques dans divers domaines de th�ories �conomiques, par exemple : fonction de consommation, analyse de la demande, th�orie de l'investissement, fonction de co�ts, fonction de production, demande de monnaie, estimation de la courbe de Phillips et �tudes de l'inflation et du ch�mage. |
| Pr�alables : ECO2543, ECO2545, ECO3551. |
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| ECO4590 |
�conomie de la sant� |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| S�minaire qui pr�sente aux �tudiants les enjeux, les th�ories et pratiques de l'�conomie de la sant�. Analyse des recherches empiriques courantes. �tude du syst�me de soins de sant� du Canada. |
| Pr�alable : ECO2545. |
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| ECO4599 |
Th�mes choisis III |
(3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| �tude des th�mes �conomiques s�lectionn�s. Contenu pourra changer d'ann�e en ann�e. Peut �tre repris pour fins de cr�dits. |
| Pr�alables : ECO3552, ECO3553. (Ant�rieurement : ECO4580.) |
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| ECO4901 |
Rapport de stage IV / Work Term IV |
3 cr. |
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