DE graduate courses
ECO505C听听Mathematical economics
Functions, differentiation and integration, matrix algebra, input-output analysis, game theory, optimization.
ECO506C听Economic statistics
Probability theory, distributions, large sample theory, statistical inference and tests of hypotheses.
ECO507C听Microeconomics
Theory of the consumer, theory the firm, optimization and economic behavior, general equilibrium analysis.
ECO508C听Macroeconomics
Closed economy macroeconomics, policy implications and economic applications.
ECO605C听Seminar on development policy research
Policy research and issues in economic development, multidimensional aspects of economic development and issues in economic growth.
ECO606C听Applied econometrics
Econometric models, econometric estimation methods and processes, parameter testing.
ECO607C听Time series econometrics
Time series data and models, applications to macroeconomics and financial economics, trends and cycles, seasonal effects, nonstationarity.
ECO608C听Development issues in microeconomics
Application of microeconomic theory to issues and policy formulation in economic development.
ECO609C听Development issues in macroeconomics
Topics in open economy macroeconomics and application to issues in economic development, population, international trade, financial systems, monetary institutions and their role in economic development.
MAE graduate courses
ECO501M听听Mathematical economics
Concepts in elementary set theory, topics from the theory of functions, methods from differentiation and integration, tools of linear algebra, economic applications.
ECO502M听Economic statistics
Introduction to statistics and probability theory, random variables and expectations, special distributions, tests of hypotheses.
ECO503M听Consumer and firm theory (Microeconomics 1)
Theory of consumer behavior and the firm, market structure, general equilibrium, and welfare economics, implications on resource allocation of changes in prices, quantities, and policies on resource allocation.
ECO504M听Closed economy macroeconomics (Macroeconomics 1)
Income determination and the dynamics of income changes, dynamics of investment, aggregate consumption, government spending, and the trading and monetary sectors.
ECO601M听Applied econometrics听(Research Methods 1)
Applications of techniques in economic research using applied econometrics.
ECO602M听Time series econometrics听(Research Methods 2)
Applications of techniques in economic research using time series econometrics.
ECO603M听Industrial organization (Microeconomics 2)
Welfare economics and market failure, economics of information, principal-agent problems, economics of organization and management.
ECO604M听Macroeconomics for managers (Macroeconomics 2)
Aggregate demand and aggregate supply, macroeconomics of the labor market, growth theory and open macroeconomics.
ECO701M听International economics and finance
Theory of international trade, movement of capital, implications to economic development, individual welfare and international business operations.
ECO702M听Money and banking
Money and the national economy, monetarism, fiscal versus monetary influences, commercial banking and its creation, principles of bank management.
ECO703M听Financial economics
Theory of the economics of financial markets and development of individual corporate valuation.
ECO704M听Portfolio theory and investment analysis
Market strategies in managing portfolio and investment, applications.
MSc and PhD graduate courses
Unless otherwise noted, each course has credit equivalent to three units
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Mathematical economics, and econometric analysis
ECO990M/D听听Mathematical economics听(6u)
Topics in set theory, functions, limits and continuity, differentiation and integration, linear algebra and matrix theory, topological preliminaries, static optimization, economic applications.
ECO529M/D听Dynamic optimization
Introduction to linear difference and differential equations, systems of equations, calculus of variations and optimal control theory, discrete time dynamic optimization, introduction to chaos theory, economic applications.
ECO513M/D听Economic statistics
Review of elementary concepts of statistics, elementary probability theory, discrete and continuous random variables, expectations and higher moments, special distributions, tests of hypotheses, moment generating functions, applications.
ECO717M/D听Microeconometrics
Regression models using cross section data, panel data, households and firms surveys, census.
ECO718M/D听Macroeconometrics
Structural models, simultaneous linear equations models, regression models with lagged variables, dynamic regression models, vector autoregression models.
Economic theory
ECO515M/D听Microeconomics 1
Theory of production and individual choice, markets and competition, tools of comparative statics, applications to price theory.
ECO516M/D听Macroeconomics 1
Economic fluctuations, incomplete nominal adjustments and microeconomic foundations, rational expectations and the Lucas critique, intrinsic dynamics, theories on unemployment and stabilization policies.
ECO615D听Advanced microeconomics 2
Competitive markets, externalities and public goods, focus on the theory of industrial organization, informational asymmetry, adverse selection, signalling and screening, principal agent problems.
ECO616D听Advanced macroeconomics 2
The current account, real exchange rate determination and terms of trade, uncertainties and imperfections in financial markets, link between trade and growth.
ECO815D听Advanced microeconomics 3
General equilibrium and welfare, foundation of competitive equilibria and positive theory of equilibrium, uncertainty and dynamic general equilibria.
ECO816D听Advanced macroeconomics 3
Dynamic macroeconomic theory and growth, optimal consumption and asset pricing, multiple equilibria, investment, optimal monetary and fiscal policies.
Electives (cognates)
ECO711M/D听International trade
Theories in international trade, capital mobility, implications on economic development.
ECO712M/D听International finance
The balance of payments, foreign exchange markets, interest rates differential across countries, portfolio investment in emerging markets, risk evaluation and diversification, international monetary standards, international banking and debt.
ECO714M/D听Public finance
Domestic resource mobilization by the public sector, taxation incidences, equity, theory of public expenditure, welfare optimization.
ECO715M/D听Monetary economics
Money 听and monetary policy, the banking sector, macroprudential issues.
ECO716M/D听Financial economics
Theory and development of financial markets and individual cooperative valuation.
ECO720M/D听Economics of regional integration
Rationale of regional听economic integration particularly for smaller countries, liberalization policies in the areas听of international trade, investment, and finance, economic听and political institutional framework that will strengthen听efforts towards regional economic integration.
ECO740M/D听Labor economics
Theoretical and empirical modelling of labor market behavior, labor supply and demand, human capital theory, wage structure, determination, and wage inequality, turnover, search, and labor mobility.
ECO811M/D听History of economic thought
Political economy from Adam Smith to Karl Marx, marginalist revolution, Alfred Marshall and economics, John Maynard Keynes and macroeconomics.
ECO812M/D听Philippine economic history
Philippine economic institutions from the native society to the colonial regimes of Spain and America, invasions of Britain and Japan, postwar development issues.
ECO817M/D听Special topics
For MSc and PhD graduate students.
Research courses
ECO619D听Methods of research
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ECO851M听Thesis proposal听(6u)
Master’s thesis.
ECO852M听Thesis writing and defense听(6u)
Continuation of ECO851M.
ECO861D听Dissertation proposal听(6u)
Doctoral dissertation.
ECO862D听Dissertation writing and defense听(6u)
Continuation of ECO861D.
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