• ECON 4490: Indstrl Relations Legislation

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  (Same as BLAW 4490 and MGMT 4490.) Prerequisite: Junior standing. Economic background and effects of government regulation of labor relations; emphasis on a detailed examination of the National Labor Relations Act as amended or expanded by the Labor Management Relations Act, the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosures Act, and Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act.
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• ECON 4500: Urban and Regional Economics

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: ECON 2410, 2420. Economic problems of urban communities, including problems resulting from population shifts to suburbia; urban planning; land utilization; revenue structures; urban renewal; transportation; problems of minority and poverty groups.
  ShareECON 4500 - Urban and Regional Economics

• ECON 4510: Unions & Collective Bargaining

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  (Same as MGMT 4510.) Prerequisite: Junior standing. The collective bargaining process: its evolution in the public and private sectors and its contemporary legal environment; compensation, institutional and administrative issues; strikes and impasse resolution procedures.
  ShareECON 4510 - Unions & Collective Bargaining

• ECON 4570: Managerial Economics

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: ECON 2420; MATH 1630 or 1810 or 1910; junior standing. Familiarity with time value of money, spreadsheet, and regression analysis helpful. Microeconomic theories in depth; emphasizes practical applications in economic decisions. Topics cover fundamental economic concepts, theory of demand, theory of production, theory of cost, optimization, forecasting, game strategy in oligopolistic rivalry, long-term investment, and regression analysis.
  ShareECON 4570 - Managerial Economics

• ECON 4600: Environmental Economics

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: Junior standing preferred. Problems of environmental quality and natural resource scarcity from an economic perspective. Topics include interaction between the environment and the economy, benefits and costs of environmental regulation, use of incentives to achieve least-cost pollution control, international environmental issues such as global warming, the role of natural resources in the U.S. economy, problems associated with natural resource scarcity and depletion, and problems related to consumption of renewable resources.
  ShareECON 4600 - Environmental Economics

• ECON 4620: Econometrics and Forecasting

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: ECON 2410, 2420; MATH 1810 or 1910; junior standing. The application of statistical methods to economic problems; covers statistical inference, regression analysis in economics and finance, and an introduction to econometrics. Emphasis on applications to actual economic data and includes use of econometric software.
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• ECON 4650: Comparative Economic Systems

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: ECON 2410. Compares economic institutions and performance among nations; presents the historical and cultural context of economic evolution in selected nations; and examines the relationship between institutional arrangements and outcomes such as prosperity, liberty, and equality.
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• ECON 4660: History of Economic Thought

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Three credits. Prerequisites: ECON 2410, 2420; junior standing. Background of modern economic thought; ancient economic thought; the main current of developing economic analysis through feudalism, mercantilism, and the physiocrats; Adam Smith and the classical economists; rebels and the neoclassical economists; twentieth-century contributions.
  ShareECON 4660 - History of Economic Thought

• ECON 4680: Health Economics

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: ECON 2420; junior standing preferred. Introduces the application of economic models to health and the health care industry. Topics include individual health behaviors, demand for health care, health insurance and other institutions in health care markets, the role of government in health care, and health care reform. Empirical results and policy applications discussed.
  ShareECON 4680 - Health Economics

• ECON 4700: Sports Economics

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: ECON 2410; junior standing preferred. Economic theories in the areas of public finance, labor markets, game theory, industrial organization, and price theory studied within the context of sports. Examines common misperceptions about sports-related statistical data and relates it to issues in the broader economy. Topics include benefits and costs of financing sports arenas, structure and competitiveness of sports leagues, antitrust exemptions, effects of title IX regulations, labor bargaining and negotiations, wage and price determination. Explores issues in collegiate sports such as potential for crowding out other college programs (the prisoner's dilemma).
  ShareECON 4700 - Sports Economics