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2014-2015 Academic Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECN 395-02 - Advanced Special Topic: Seminar in Macro Finance

4 credits (Fall)
This course will familiarize students with the theory and application of economics to analyze issues in Macro and Financial Economics. It will focus on regulatory and strategic issues impacting investment decisions and aggregate fluctuations and will explore how information availability, agency conflicts, and regulatory structures impact aggregate economic outcomes through their influence on institutional decision-making. Topics include governances, bailouts, bankruptcy, restructuring, corporate control, shareholders and stakeholders, boards of directors, agency conflicts, and information transmission.

Prerequisite: ECN 282 .
Instructor: Stroup