Economics

This course offers a study of the essential concepts of accounting. Topics include: specific terminology, chart of accounts, the process of preparing the complete accounting cycle, the presentation of information in financial statements, assets, equity and liabilities, and profit and loss statements.

This introductory course in Corporate Finance provides a systematic foundation for understanding howfirms make financial decisions in modern capital markets. The course examines how corporations evaluate investment opportunities, raise capital, and manage risk to maximize firm value. Students will study core concepts such as the time value of money, interest rates, bond and stock valuation, investment decision rules, and the fundamentals of capital budgeting. The course also reviews essential accounting principles to ensure students can interpret financial statements and link accounting information to financial decisions.

This course equips students with the statistical and financial data skills needed for industry and academic research, providing opportunities to master key techniques and frameworks for building, estimating, and evaluating statistical models. 

This course covers a range of topics, from the more traditional arts to the creative industries (such as music, film, games, broadcasting, and publishing), as well as the economics of artists' labour, markets and copyright, especially emphases the role of digitisation across the creative industries.

This course examines the intricate relationship between two of perhaps the most central concepts in the disciplines of political economy and economic sociology: Capitalism and Democracy. It will explore both the complementarities and conflicts that arise from the interaction of these concepts, tracing the ideational history of both, as well as the ideational history of the relationship between capitalism and democracy. Building on key classical perspectives from economic sociology and political economy, students develop a nuanced understanding of how capitalism and democracy have shaped, challenged, and coexisted throughout history, and explore their relationship to today's major political challenges.

This course consists of two parts. The first part of the course aims to provide students with a survey of fundamentals in international economics, in both theory and empirics. Topics include essential theories of international trade and empirical evidence. Through the course, you will have a better understanding about why countries trade, what they trade, the benefits and costs of trade, and the motivations for and the effects of government trade policies. The second part of the course develops a theoretical framework for the analysis of the determinants of international capital movements, trade imbalances, and nominal and real exchange rates. The theoretical framework is then used as the basis for the discussion of policy issues such as the emergence of the U.S. as the largest foreign debtor, global trade imbalances, developing-country debt crises, the European financial crisis, exchange-rate-based inflation stabilization, currency unions, debt default, balance-of-payment crises, and the effect of the great recession of 2008 on the world economy.

This course explores the historical evolution of regional economic integration, its practice across continents, and its political, economic and social impacts on countries and regions. From the European Union to USMCA, ASEAN, MERCOSUR, GCC to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), regional blocs are redefining the rules of global trade, mobility of labor, governance, power, and identity. This course examines the questions: Why do countries choose to integrate? What are the diverse factors that determine the formation of regional economic blocs across continents? Are the contemporary trends reflecting a rise in regional integration efforts? 

This course combines economic theory with real world case studies to help students understand the sectoral benefits and challenges of regional cooperation by analyzing agriculture, industrial, environmental and social policies. 
 

The students learn to interpret and understand the process of globalization from the viewpoint of international trade in goods and services and factor movements. They learn the causes and consequences of international trade, the effects of trade policies, the causes of international factor movement and multinational operations, and the role of the World Trade Organization. Upon completing the course, students have acquired an empirical and theoretical understanding of the complex issues raised by the economic interdependence of nations and to analyze them in a systematic way.

The course initially focuses on international trade theory and policy, addressing classic questions such as: who trades what with whom? What are the effects of trade on welfare and income distribution? How do micro-aspects influence international trade? The course explores these questions through the lenses of both classical and new trade theories. This theoretical journey concludes with an overview of recent research on the role of heterogeneous firms in international trade. Subsequently, the course applies these models to examine various aspects of globalization, including the role and impact of multinational companies in developed and developing countries, migration, and protectionism.

This course is divided into two parts: Linear algebra and optimization of several variable functions. Part one offers a study of the properties of matrices and determinants and systems of linear equations. Part two discusses the concept of continuity and calculus of several variables (partial derivatives), among other topics. Students solve linear systems of equations, describe the properties of functions, and approximate a function of several variables. They address economic problems by means of abstract models, interpret and classify different solutions, and apply appropriate conclusions to social contexts.