Emphasis on new areas of the discipline. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Selected topics of current interest are discussed. Important public finance issues treated in seminar format. Development of regional economics of metropolitan areas and larger regions.
Topics vary and include macroeconomic and trade policies, inflation, and labor migration.
Topics vary and include subjects of current research and policy interests. Open to students who have passed both preliminary examinations and at least one field examination, but who are not yet ready to appoint a committee and advance to candidacy. Research on an approved dissertation topic under the direction of dissertation committee. May be repeated.