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Covers: (i) individual decision-making (including choice theory, consumer choice, producer choice, and choice under uncertainty); (ii) competitive markets (including Pareto optimality and welfare analysis); (iii) general equilibrium (including equilibrium under uncertainty and equilibrium and time). Prerequisite: ECON 802 or equivalent.

Covers: (i) non-cooperative game theory (including static games, sequential games, repeated games, and Bayesian games) and applications; (ii) contracts and information (including moral hazard and adverse selection) and related topics (such as auctions, mechanism design, and incomplete contracts). Prerequisite: ECON 803.

Covers modern macroeconomic theory, with a focus on mathematical and computational foundations. Topics may include: long-run growth, dynamic general equilibrium models, and business cycle analysis, as well as abstract spaces, measure theory, dynamic optimization, notions of equilibrium and welfare theorems with infinitely many goods. Prerequisite: ECON 807 or equivalent.

Covers advanced macroeconomic theory topics and emphasis is placed on current research techniques. Topics may include: theories of long-run growth and development, New-Keynesian and Neo-Classical business cycle models, heterogenous agents models, models of fiat money, asset pricing models, firm dynamics, adaptive behaviour, and computational methods in macroeconomics. Prerequisite: ECON 808.

Introduction to mathematics required for PhD level coursework and research in economics. Topics may include real analysis, analysis on metric spaces, differential calculus, convexity, and optimization. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisite: ECON 331.

Covers probability theory and statistical inference. Topics may include an introduction to measure and probability theory, integration and mathematical expectations, stochastic limit theory, asymptotic theory, mathematical statistics, and an introduction to GMM and maximum likelihood estimation and the concept of identification. Prerequisite: ECON 835 or equivalent.

Covers the core tools of theoretical and applied econometrics including time series, cross sectional, and panel data methods. Topics may include multiple linear regression, instrumental variables, GMM, limited dependent variable models, ARMA models, unit roots/cointegration, fixed/random effects, hypothesis testing, program evaluation, nonlinear regression, semi/non-parametric methods, big data and ML methods. Prerequisite: ECON 837.

Written comprehensive examination in econometrics. Normally taken in the Summer term of the first year of the PhD program. Students have two attempts to pass the exam. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisite: ECON 838.

Written comprehensive examination in microeconomic theory. Normally taken in the summer term of the first year of the PhD program. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisite: ECON 803, ECON 804.

Written comprehensive examination in macroeconomic theory. Normally taken in the summer term of the first year of the PhD program. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisite: ECON 808, ECON 809.

In the summer term following the completion of a PhD student's theory comprehensive exams, the student will enrol in this course. In consultations between the student, the graduate chair, and faculty, the student will be assigned a supervisor for the course. During the term, the student will write a research paper in their field of interest. A satisfactory completion of the course is through the presentation of the paper as an economics department thesis proposal seminar. Graded as satisfactory or unsatisfactory.

Written comprehensive examination in the student's primary field of specialization. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.