GPCO 401Microeconomics for Policy and Management
This course introduces microeconomics, emphasizing applications to public policy. We examine tools such as marginal analysis and game theory to understand markets, the behavior of individuals and firms, and what role policy plays when markets fail to maximize social welfare. Renumbered from IRCO 401. Students may not receive credit for GPCO 401 and IRCO 401.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “GPS students only or consent of instructor.”
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 4 · Fall (2 programs).
Required in (1)
- Political Science (International Affairs)
Courses that list GPCO 401 as a prerequisite (8)
- GPEC 409 Economic Policy in Latin America
- GPEC 434 The Present and Future of the Global Economy
- GPEC 451 Economic Development
- GPEC 454 Managing the Macroeconomy
- GPEC 456 Macroeconomic Policy and Public Finance
- GPEC 462 Southeast Asian Economies
- GPEC 471 The Japanese Economy
- GPEC 488 Environmental and Regulatory Economics