Ec Departament of Economics

 

 

EC95005.Research Seminar on the economics of natural resources

Academic department: Economics
Units: 3-0-8
Requirement: EC00-856
Equivalence: None
Semester and career: 6 to 9

General aim of the course: The purpose of this seminar is to assess the potential to displace carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels with alternative energy sources, and estimate the economic and environmental benefits and costs of this displacement. Alternative energy sources to be considered include : oil from thermal depolymerization of waste, biodiesel, ethanol, wood and other dry fuels, solar, wind, and fuel cells. Conservation -while not an alternative source- will also be considered as a carbon emissions reducing alternative. Natural gas, while also a fossil fuel, will be considered as an alternative energy source because of lower carbon emissions compared to oil.

Bibliography: Kahn, J., 2005. The Economic Approach to Environmental and Natural Resources, 3rd Edition, Thomson South-Western.

Kolstad, C. 2000. Economía Ambiental, Oxford University Press. (recomendado).

Tietenberg, T. 1992. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, 3rd Edition, HarperCollins, New York (obligatorio).

Perman, R., Ma, Y., McGilvray, J. 1996. Natural Resources & Environmental Economics, Longman, New York.


Instructor's profile: Ph.d. (Economics), with specialization in Natural Resources
Language of Instruction: spanish

Ec95010 ECONOMICS OF CORRUPTION

Academic department:Economics
Units:308
Requirement:Ec00811, Ec00812
Semester and career:6th, LEC
Equivalence:none
General aim of the course:Define corruption.
Compare corruption levels internationally.
Identify the costs of corruption.
Identify the causes of corruption.
Evaluate the consequences of corruption.
Evaluate alternative policies to reduce corruption.


Campus:Monterrey
Bibliography:Rose-Ackerman, Susan. Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform. Cambridge University Press. 1999.
Transparency International. http://www.transparency.org/
Internet Center for Corruption Research. http://www.gwdg.de/~uwvw/
Instructor's profile:Ph.D. in Economics
Language of Instruction:Spanish or English

 

 

 

Ec95011 LABOR ECONOMICS

Academic department:Economics
Units:308
Requirement:Econometrics II
Semester and career:8th, LEC
Equivalence:none
General aim of the course:Learn how labor markets work, including:
the decision to work and how many hours to work
investment in human capital
the search process
immigration and internal migration
labor demand
the impact of government policies on wages, employment, and hours worked
unions and bargaining
distribution earnings
discrimination
Campus:Monterrey
Bibliography:Filer, Randall K., Daniel S. Hamermesh, and Albert E. Rees. The Economics of Work and Pay. Harper Collins, 6th ed. 1996.
Instructor's profile:Ph.D. in economics with a concentration in Labor Economics
Language of Instruction:Spanish or English

 

 

 

Ec-95-037 ECONOMIC MODELING

The course focuses on the analysis of the impact of changes on the direct and indirect taxes, government expenses, public services prices and duties, applied to models of the mexican economy. It also analyzes the viability of a certain fiscal policy. The course is not based on an specific textbook, but it stands on the following main bibliographical references which are: USITC. 1992. Economy-wide modeling of the economic implications of a FTA with Mexico and a NAFTA with Canada and Mexico. Washington: USITC Publication 2508; Patrick J. Kehoe and Timothy J. Kehoe. 1995. Modeling North American economic integration. Advance Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics 31. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers; Francois y Shiells, ed. 1994. Modeling Trade Policy. Cambridge: University Press.

CAMPUS: CCM.

ACAD. PERIOD: SPRING & FALL

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH

Ec-95-038 ADVANCED MACROECONOMICS

The objective of this course is to describe the current theories and models that explain consumer behavior, inversion, prices and employment. With the tools and concepts acquired in this course, the student will improve his or her abilities to understand the macroeconomic theory academic discutions that exist nowadays.

CAMPUS: CCM.

ACAD. PERIOD: SPRING & FALL

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH

 

Ec-95-040 GRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Requirement: Working knowledge of relational databases (tables, primary & foreign keys, joins & query expressions)

Semester and career where it is given: This elective will be offered to any undergraduate student that is interested in working with Geographic Information Systems

Equivalence:NT

General aim of the course:
The goal of this course is to prepare students to become proficient interactive users of GIS in organizations. Specific features of the course include: coverage of basic geographic, cartographic, and GIS concepts, Experience with the leading GIS Software (ArcView), Experience with geographic base map files and databases.

Campus that offer this course: Monterrey

Bibliography: Photocopied readings and notes

Instructor's profile: Master degree and experience using GIS

Language of Instruction: English

Ec95041. Research Seminar on Border Economics

Academic department:Economics
Units:08
Requirement:International Economics, Econometrics I and II
Semester and career:8th or 9th semester of B.A. in Economics
Equivalence:Does not have

General aim of the course:The course aims to generate joint (between motivated students and the professor)academic papers on issues related to the Mexican-U.S. border. The themes to be covered include maquiladoras, border price, wage and labor integration, foreign direct investment, and regional issues. All articles will be sent to specialized journals in Economics.
Campus:Monterrey

Bibliography:Temas Conceptuales y Lecturas
1. La Industria Maquiladora de Exportación
· Gruben, William, “Was NAFTA behind Mexico’s High Maquiladora Growth?”, Economic and Financial Review-FRB of Dallas, 2001, third quarter, 11-21.

· Mejía Reyes, Pablo, “Fluctuaciones Cíclicas en la Producción Maquiladora de México”, Frontera Norte 15, 2003, 65-86.

· Mollick, André Varella, “Employment Determination at Mexican Maquiladoras: Does Location Matter?” ITESM-Depto. de Economía, 2003, working paper.

2. Estudios de Empleo en la Frontera
· Díaz-Bautista, Alejandro, “Tijuana’s Dynamic Unemployment and Output Growth”, Frontera Norte 15, 2003, 125-150.

· Mendoza Cota, Jorge Eduardo, “Agglomeration Economies and Urban Manufacturing Growth in the Northern Border Cities of México”, Economía Mexicana-Nueva Época XI (1), 2002, 163-190.

· Fuentes, Noé Arón y César Fuentes, “Regional Economic Growth in México: An Analysis of Total Factor Productivity”, Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas 1 (2), 2002, 93-117.

2. Estudios de Integración Económica (Salarios y Precios) en la Frontera Norte
· Campbell, Jeffrey and Beverly Lapham, “Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations and the Dynamics of Retail Trade Industries on the U.S.-Canada Border”, NBER WP 2001.

· Robertson, Raymond, “Exchange Rates and Relative Wages: Evidence from México”, The North American Journal of Economics and Finance 14, 2003, 25-48.

· Robertson, Raymond, “Wage Shocks and North American Labor Market Integration”, American Economic Review 90 (4), 2000, 742-764.

· Zamora Canizales, Federico y José Manuel Lecuanda O., “Interdependencia Comercial de Tijuana y San Diego”, Comercio Exterior 52 (8), 2002, 680-686.

4. Estudios de Inversión Extranjera Directa
· Mollick, André Varella, “FDI and Exchange Rates” ITESM-Depto. de Economía, 2002, manuscript.
· Cheng, Leonard and Yum Kwan “What are the Determinants of the location of FDI? The Chinese Experience”, Journal of International Economics 51, 2000, 379-400.
· Love, James and Francisco Lage-Hidalgo, “Analysing the Determinants of US Direct Investment in Mexico”, Applied Economics 32, 2000, 1259-1267.
· Pastrana, Edna, “Apertura Comercial y Productividad en la Industria Manufacturera Mexicana”, Economía Mexicana-Nueva Época XII (1), 2003, 5-38.

Instructor's profile:Ph.D. in Economics with record of specialized publications.
Language of Instruction:Spanish

Ec 95 075 GAME THEORY

Learn the history of game theory as an area of economic study and its importance. Understand the basic concepts of game theory and apply them to everyday situations. Introduce games with 2 players and 2 strategies for each player. Use the concepts of equilibrium and solution, specially the Nash equilibrium. Introduce the concept of subgame perfect equilibrium as a refinement of the Nash equilibrium. Solve case-studies in economics using game theory.

Textbook:

CAMPUS: MTY.
ACAD. PERIOD: SUMMER
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: SPANISH

 

Ec 95 088 ECONÓMIC VALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

Units:(3 0 8)
Requirement:7o. semester
Semester and career: 7o. LEC
Equivalence:NT


General aim of the course:Students must be know and apply the Quantitative Methods for
Economic Valuations of Environmental Impacts, and be able to design and developing a real exercise of economic valuations of
environmental impacts.


Bibliography:

Instructor's profile:Phd in Economics specialist in Environmental Economics.
Language of Instruction:Spanish

Campus:Monterrey

Ec95090. Economic Linking Seminar
Academic department:Economics
Units:3-0-8
Requirement:EC00842 and EC00856
Semester and career:LEC After 7th Semester
Equivalence:none
General aim of the course:The course focuses on applying the students’ knowledge on Microeconomics and Macroeconomics in order to develop an analysis of the recent Mexican economic crisis. The student will be able to use all the resources provided by the theory as means to develop a deep analysis of the contemporary economic environment, and to give reason and conclude possible development on the economic forces. The course will also help on understanding the consequences of social and political forces on the route that economic forces will follow.
Campus:Cd. México
Bibliography:Heath, Jonathan. La Maldición de las Crisis Sexenales. Grupo Editorial Iberoamérica, S.A. de C.V. México, 2000

Schettino Yañez, Macario. México, Problemas Sociales, Políticos y Económicos. Prentice Hall. México, 2002

Solís Manjarrez Leopoldo. La Realidad Económica Mexicana: Reprovisión y Perspectivas. 3ed. Fondo de Cultura Económica. México, 2000


Instructor's profile: The instructor must have a Master and PhD degree on economics and wide experience on economic análisis and applied economics.
Language of Instruction:spanish

 

Ec95091. Stabilization policies.

Academic department:EC
Units:3-0-8
Requirement:EC95891
Semester and career:9 LEC
Equivalence:NT
General aim of the course:Study the main economic stabilization policies and their role in the general aggregate economic policy.
Analyze the instruments used by such stabilization policies, with special focus in developing and emerging economies.
Study the different theories on macroeconomic stabilization and their use to evaluate specific conditions.

Campus:Edo. México
Bibliography:Pierre-Richard Agénor y Meter J. Montiel, Development Macroeconomics, Princeton University Press, 2 °edición, 1999.

Romer, David, Advanced macroeconomics, Mc Graw Hill, 2° edición, 2001

Raghbendra Jha, Macroeconomics for Developing Countries, Routledge, 2° edición, 2003.

Instructor's profile:Master or PhD in economics.
Language of Instruction:Spanish

Fecha de la última actualización: 18 de febrero de 2004(M)