Economics (ECON)
Department of Economics
Faculty of Public Affairs
ECON 4700 [0.5 credit]
Measurement Economics
National accounting and index numbers. Topics may include: the measurement of output and income, capital and depreciation, productivity, employment and unemployment, poverty and inequality, household production, pollution and resource depletion, and the balance of payments; price indexes; standard-of-living indexes; and international comparisons.
Prerequisites:
ECON 2003 with a grade of C- or higher,
ECON 2103 with a grade of C- or higher, and
ECON 2202 (or equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.
Lectures three hours a week.