Учебные программы

Business Logistics is the set of activities involved in the flow of materials and products through an organization and through the supply chain to the market. This course examines and applies management tools and principles to these supply and distribution problems. Emphasis is first placed on developing a broad overview of the logistics field: what are its principle activities, decisions and how these activities produces value by supplying customer service through order fulfilment. Interfunctional coordination is reviewed by examining how logistics is coordinated or integrated with marketing and corporate strategy. Next, a thorough grounding in concepts, alternatives and tools for the primary activities of logistics: inventory, transportation, warehousing and order processing are presented. This provides the basis for examining issues in logistics system design, including stock location, sourcing, number and location of facilities and flow management. The organizational design of the logistics system across the internal supply chain is examined if time permits. Various problems and case assignments seek to encourage problem conceptualization, the application of quantitative methods, and the utilization of computing capability for solving logistics problems in specific areas and for designing the logistics system. A term project is used to allow students to: be proficient in one or more tools or process areas of business logistics, pursue a subject in depth, apply tools and principles to realistic problems and develop writing, oral and team skills.

To ensure that students can exercise judgement and apply techniques in strategic business management to enable them to contribute to the formulation of business strategy and other decision making. It also provides an opportunity for students to learn to adapt to changes in factors that impact on business decisions. Students should be able to see how specific functional areas are integrated in order to arrive at strategic business decisions.

This course has two goals. The first is to provide students with a working knowledge of asymptotic statistical methods. The second is to apply these statistical concepts to study the large-sample properties of all commonly used econometric models.

To introduce the student to topics at the frontier of econometric research of importance both at a theoretical and empirical level, which by their nature are not possible to incorporate into a general Econometrics course.

This is a third-year undergraduate course in game theory. This course covers the theory of games, a set of tools used widely in economics to study situations in which decision-makers (consumers, firms, politicians, governments, ...) interact. Game theory dominates contemporary economic theory and is used in many other disciplines, including political science, sociology, and biology. A variety of economic applications will be discussed.

This is a second year graduate course in game theory. It assumes that your prior knowledge of game theory x and your analytical ability y obey the inequality xy > c, where c > 0 is a constant that I cannot quantify. The idea is that this is a sequel to Econ 602, but I will not enforce that rule, since your y may be high, or you may x may owe to other sources, like seeing “A Beautiful Mind” (I hope not).

The institutional economics is presented as a science based on the different social and human studies. Institutional Economics represents a significantly different way of thinking about man, the economy, social activities generally, and human economic and social potentials.

The extension of the course Institutional economic theory. The course rates Institutional Economics in the Veblen-Dewey-Commons mode.

В курсе Феенстра в Университете Калифорнии Беркли на более продвинутом уровне изучаются различные аспекты международной торговли. На достаточно высоком уровне формализации изучаются:
модель Хекшера-Олина;
гравитационные модели;
инструменты торговой политики;
политэкономия протекционизма;
прямые инвестиции и ТНК;
торговля и эндогенный рост и другие проблемы.
Основным учебником является книга самого Феенстра, доступная в pdf формате на страничке курса. Чтобы адекватно воспринимать предлагаемые модели, слушателям рекомендуется прослушать начальный курс "Международной торговли". Программа включает содержание курса, темы лекций, списки основной и дополнительной литературы.

This course has two main purposes: to expose PhD students to some of the professional research in the field of labour economics, and to provide a foundation for future dissertation research on these and related topics, including with application to the economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Prerequisites for the course include graduate level microeconomics and econometrics; although the course is intended predominantly for PhD students, it is also open to MA students with the permission of the instructors. Relevant theory will be discussed, but the course material also includes applied work that tests or calibrates theories, that evaluates the impact of government policies, or that simply attempts to provide careful description of important labour market phenomena.

This is a graduate course on game theory and its applications. Although, most of the lectures will be devoted to presentation of important concepts and tools of non-cooperative game theory, special topics such as repeated games, bargaining, reputation e¤ects, learning, and bargaining in cooperative contexts will also be discussed as time permits.

Economics 704 is the second half of the Economics Department’s two-semester sequence in Advanced Microeconomics, intended for second-year Ph.D. students. (Economics 703, the first half of the sequence, is taught by Professor Peter Cramton in the fall semester.) In Spring 2007, the course will focus on auction theory, matching theory, and the relationship between auction theory and matching theory. Other topics that are treated in some years include: sequential bargaining under incomplete information; and equilibrium refinements.

This course introduces students to various data analysis techniques which will allow you to design research projects appropriately and conduct the necessary data analysis. In conducting empirical studies it is necessary to understand the benefits and drawbacks of various techniques so that you can select analytical techniques appropriate to answer the research questions being tested. The analysis should be designed as an integral part of a study, and precede the development of surveys and data collection.

This course is a doctoral seminar in financial derivatives. The pre-requisite is Financial Derivatives II or an equivalent course. There are no exceptions. This is an extremely advanced course. Students not qualifying for the course can sit in on it but are not eligible to receive a grade. In this course students will provide extensive details on the theory underlying these models. One thing students shall cover little, if any, is empirical research in derivatives. The pace of empirical research in derivatives has slowed considerably due to lack of data on over-the-counter derivatives and the fact that research on exchange-listed derivatives can best be described as in a mature stage. Thus, the state of empirical research on derivatives can best be described as at a mature stage. In addition theoretical research covers a broad range of topics and includes research using simulation in lieu of actual observed prices. Time permiting students may be able to discuss the state of empirical research on derivatives and point you in the right direction for what to read next. Another theoretical topic students shall not cover is the binomial model. It is assumed you have had a rigorous treatment of it. By al means, be aware of the relationship of it to the Black-Scholes model as the limiting case.

The focus of Consumer Analysis is the consumption behaviour of people, thus the subject draws heavily from the behavioural science disciplines such as psychology and sociology. Consumer Analysis introduces participants to major concepts, research and issues that have relevance to consumer behaviour dynamics. These concepts are in a framework that can be applied to the analysis of the individual consumer and marketplace dynamics. Advances in Consumer Analysis is primarily concerned with exploring in-depth, specific theories and applications within the consumption process. In this course we look at the current trends in society and how they affect our understanding of marketing and consumer behaviour theories. In this subject we will examine changes in Marketing thought and practices with specific emphasis on product/brand management in the context of a ‘changing’ environment.. During the course we will focus on practical management aspects, exploring product positioning and naming issues and on issues such as brand rejection, share of the customer, restrictive consumption and the impact of computer and Internet technology on brand management.