API-101 D: Markets and Market Failure

Semester: Fall

Credit: 1.0

Syllabus: Click here for syllabus

Faculty: Pinar Dogan

Schedule

Day Time Location
First Day 9/7
Meet Day M/W 11:40 AM - 1:00 PM L130
Review F 1:10 PM - 2:30 PM L140
Students may attend any of the B,C,D reviews

Description

This course applies microeconomic reasoning to public issues, policies, and programs. It considers economic incentives and organizations; models of economic behavior, including markets, the absence of markets, and interventions in markets; the price system and how it works; and policy objectives and instruments. All sections cover a common set of core topics; the pedagogical approaches vary with the individual instructor. Prerequisite: The A section of this course presumes the ability to use basic calculus.

API-101 is required for MPP students. May not be taken for credit if taken after API-109 or API-111. API-105 is intended as an alternative to API-101 for MPAs; MPP1 students can substitute API-105 for API-101 only with the permission of the API-105 instructor and the API-101 course head.