AEM 7620 - [Microeconomics of International Development]

Spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: completion of first-year Ph.D. course sequence in AEM or ECON or permission of instructor. Offered odd years. Next offered 2013-2014.

C. B. Barrett.

Focuses on models of individual, household, firm/farm, and market behavior in low- and middle-income developing economies. Topics include agricultural land, labor, and financial institutions; technology adoption; food security and nutrition; risk management; intra-household analysis; reciprocity networks; and product/factor markets analysis. Emphasizes empirical research.