• ECON 4720: Music Industry Economics

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: ECON 2420; junior standing. Economic analysis of issues arising in the recorded music industry largely in response to Internet availability of music formats. Topics include structure, conduct, and performance of the industry; optimal copyright policy; the economics of digital piracy; superstars and variety; payola; economics of two-sided markets; policy analysis; and evaluation of effects on social welfare.
  ShareECON 4720 - Music Industry Economics

• ECON 4780: Behavioral Econ & Finance

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  (Same as FIN 4780.) Prerequisites: ECON 2410 and ECON 2420; admission into the College of Business; junior standing preferred. Concepts in behavioral economics and finance. Focuses on common behavioral tendencies not well integrated into standard neoclassical economic theory. Topics include other regarding preferences, risk aversion, sunk cost fallacies, endowment effects, and common biases and errors in judgment and decision making. Explores applications of these concepts in finance and other areas of business.
  ShareECON 4780 - Behavioral Econ & Finance

• ECON 4890: Internship in Economics

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: Junior standing and recommendation of advisor. Supervised work experience in cooperating business firms or governmental agencies together with specialized academic study relating to the work experience.
  ShareECON 4890 - Internship in Economics

• ECON 4950: Econ Competition and Challenge

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: Permission of department. Students engage in projects related to local, regional, and/or national competitions in economics.
  ShareECON 4950 - Econ Competition and Challenge

• ECON 4990: Independent Study in Economics

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: Junior standing. Problems for intensive study are chosen in joint consultation between student and instructor.
  ShareECON 4990 - Independent Study in Economics

• ECON 5420: Labor & Human Resource Econ

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Current issues and theories, returns to training and education (human capital), earnings differences; theoretical interpretation and empirical economic impacts of unions, government regulation, and international forces upon labor relations and labor markets; human resource information systems (spreadsheet applications) and integration of Internet information sources and forensic analysis.
  ShareECON 5420 - Labor & Human Resource Econ

• ECON 5440: International Economics

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Differences between domestic trade and international trade and foundations of international trade; economic effects of free trade and restricted trade; mechanisms of international payments and structure of balance of payments; history and contemporary issues of trade policies and world monetary systems.
  ShareECON 5440 - International Economics

• ECON 5470: Economic Dev of Third World

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Conditions and problems of the less developed countries; causes, processes, and consequences of economic development; introduction to basic growth models, development theories, and strategies for development. Economic as well as noneconomic factors studied.
  ShareECON 5470 - Economic Dev of Third World

• ECON 5500: Urban and Regional Economics

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  No course description available.
  ShareECON 5500 - Urban and Regional Economics

• ECON 5510: Unions & Collective Bargaining

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Collective bargaining contract administration and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Information technology tools. Analytical focus on the impacts of total compensation agreements, strike strategies, and the interdependent influences of the union and non-union sectors of the economy. Practical cases emphasized. A brief international comparative survey of unions and other collective relationships included.
  ShareECON 5510 - Unions & Collective Bargaining