Field Specialization Requirements
The standard field course requirements for the student’s specialization are listed below. Keep in mind that a student’s curriculum is tailored to the student’s research interests, and in some cases faculty may recommend or require additional or alternative courses. If one of the listed courses is not offered, then faculty will suggest and approve alternatives.
Students should consult with the faculty in the field and the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) in selecting their field courses, and a student’s course enrollment must be approved by the DGS who consults with faculty in the respective fields. After completing the field course requirements, most students enroll in a dissertation workshop at which they regularly present and discuss their research work.
Econometrics
| Field | Core Courses | Suggested Courses | Suggested Courses (Outside the Department) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Econometrics | ECON 876 – Introduction to Empirical Finance | ECON 870 – Advanced Econometrics ECON 871 – Time Series Econometrics |
BUSI 880 – Financial Economics STOR 634 – Probability STOR 635 – Probability II STOR 836 – Stochastic Analysis |
Requirements: core course + 2 suggested courses
| Econometrics | ECON 871 – Time Series Econometrics ECON 873 – Micro-Econometrics |
ECON 870 – Advanced Econometrics ECON 876 – Introduction to Empirical Finance |
STOR – Probability STOR – Probability II STOR – Stochastic Analysis |
Requirements: 1 core course + 2 suggested courses
Macroeconomics
| Field | Core Courses | Suggested Courses | Suggested Courses (Outside the Department) |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Finance | ECON 861 – International Finance | ECON 824 – International Trade |
BUSI 880 – Financial Economics BUSI 899.030 – Foundations of Macro Finance BUSI 899.033 – Asset Pricing with non-Standard Preferences BUSI 899.040 – Macroeconomics and Asset Pricing BUSI 899.089 – Asset Pricing Theory Duke: NC State: |
Requirements: core course + 2 suggested courses
| Macro-Economics | ECON 820 – Applied Macro Economics | ECON 871 – Time Series Econometrics |
Duke: 882.01 – Macroeconometrics 882.14 – Emprical Macroeconometrics NC State: |
Requirements: core course + 2 suggested courses
| Macroeconomics of Inequality | ECON 890 – Wealth and Income Distribution |
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Duke: 882.12 – Heterogeneous Agent Macro |
Requirements: core course + 2 courses from any core of suggested course in a Macroeconomics field
| Macro-Labor | ECON 890 – Macroeconomics of Labor Markets | ECON 882 – Topics in Labor Economics: Dynamics and Search ECON 883 – Search theory |
Duke: 882.03 – Expectations and Macroeconomics 882.12 – Heterogeneous Agent Macro |
Requirements: core course + 2 suggested courses
| Production Networks and Firms | ECON 890 – Firm Dynamics and Production Network | ECON 847 – Empirical Industrial Organization I ECON 848 – Empirical Industrial Organization II ECON 890 – Macroeconomics of Labor Markets ECON 890 – Wealth and income distribution |
Duke: 824 – International Trade 882.12 – Heterogeneous Agent Macro 882.14 – Empirical Macroeconomics NC State: |
Requirements: core course + 2 suggested courses
Microeconomics
| Field | Core Courses | Suggested Courses | Suggested Courses (Outside the Department) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | ECON 850 – Health Economics: Demand Side ECON 890 – Health Economics: Markets and Supply-Side Actors |
ECON 847 – Empirical Industrial Organization I ECON 848 – Empirical Industrial Organization II ECON 870 – Advanced Econometrics ECON 873 – Micro-Econometrics ECON 880 – Labor Economics I ECON 881 – Labor Economics II ECON 882 – Topics in Labor Economics – Dynamics and Search |
Duke: 881.20 – Dynamic Discrete Choice |
Requirements: 2 core courses + 1 suggested courses
| Industrial Organization | ECON 846 – Theoretical Industrial Organization ECON 847 – Empirical Industrial Organization I ECON 848 – Empirical Industrial Organization II |
ECON 850 – Health Economics: Demand Side ECON 870 Advanced Econometrics ECON 873 – Micro-Econometrics ECON 880 – Labor Economics I ECON 881 – Labor Economics II ECON 882 – Topics in Labor Economics – Dynamics and Search ECON 890 – Health Economics: Markets and Supply-Side Actors |
Duke: 825 – Industrial Organization 881.35 – Models of Matching and Sorting |
Requirements: 3 core courses
| Labor | ECON 880 – Labor Economics I ECON 881 – Labor Economics II ECON 882 – Topics in Labor Economics – Dynamics and Search |
ECON 847 – Empirical Industrial Organization I ECON 848 – Empirical Industrial Organization II ECON 850 – Health Economics: Demand Side ECON 870 – Advanced Econometrics ECON 873 – Micro-Econometrics ECON 890 – Health Economics: Markets and Supply-Side Actors |
Duke: 881.20 – Dynamic Discrete Choice 881.26 – Beliefs and Learning 881.35 – Models of Matching and Sorting 881.36 – The Economics of Race and Racism 883 – Causal Inference and Treatment Effects |
Requirements: 3 core courses; or, 2 core courses + 1 suggested course
| Search | ECON 882 – Topics in Labor Economics – Dynamics and Search ECON 883 – Search theory ECON 890 – Macroeconomics of Labor Markets |
Requirements: 2 core courses + 1 course from the either the Labor or the Macro-labor or the Micro Theory field.
| Applied Theory | ECON 846 – Theoretical Industrial Organization ECON 883 – Search Theory ECON 890 – Theory of Environmental Policy: Taxes and Permits |
ECON 810 – Game Theory I ECON 811 – Game Theory II ECON 890 – Contracts |
Requirements: 2 core courses + 1 suggested course.
| Game Theory | ECON 810 – Game Theory I ECON 811 – Game Theory II |
ECON 846 – Theoretical Industrial Organization ECON 883 – Search Theory ECON 890 – Theory of Environmental Policy: Taxes and Permits ECON 890 – Contracts |
Requirements: 2 core courses + 1 suggested course.
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