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Finance and Fiscal Policy Concentration

CIPA fellows in the Finance and Fiscal Policy concentration grapple with fiscal issues that affect national, state and local government administrators. Students learn financial accounting, public finance, expenditure forecasting and expenditure limitations, cost-benefit analysis and trends in fiscal conditions. Students interested in this Concentration generally seek positions in national, state or local financial institutions.

In addition to the nine foundation courses, CIPA fellows who select the Finance and Fiscal Policy concentration take a minimum of five courses related to their specific area of focus. The course list below, organized thematically to facilitate course selection, is designed to help Fellows develop a particular area of study, but should not limit choices. CIPA fellows may elect to substitute other relevant courses, by petition, with the approval of their advisor.

Course List

Administration Politics and Public Policy

Dept

Course

Title

Credits

Semester

Professor

CRP

513

Planning Practice and Urban Structure Seminar

4

F

Forrester

CRP

558

City and Regional Planning Workshop

4

F,S

Pendall

CRP

635

Workshop: State Economic Development Strategies

4

F

Christopherson

ILRCB

607

Values in Law, Economics, and Industrial Relations

4

F,S

Gross

NBA

560

Business Law II

4

F

Grossman

NBA

561

Business Law II

4

S

Grossman

Economics and Public Finance

CRP

512

Public and Spatial Economics for Planners

4

F

Baer

CRP

631

Local Economic Policy—Field Workshop

4

F

Baer

CRP

664

Economics and Financing of Neighborhood Conservation and Preservation

4

F

Baer

ECON

404

Economics of the Law

4

F

Hay

ECON

432

Markets or Governments

4

F

Ranney

NBA

524

Macroeconomics and International Trade

3

S

Azis, Iwan

NBA

595

Economics of Financial Crisis

3

S

Azis, Iwan

NCC

556

Managerial Finance

3

F

Haas

Quantitative Analysis

AEM

411

Introduction to Econometrics

3

F

Just

CRP

520

Statistical and Mathematical Concepts for Planning

4

F

Staff

ECON

320

Introduction to Econometrics

4

S

Staff

Focus Courses

CRP

605

Fiscal Policy and Financial Management

4

F

Schwarting

CRP

642

Critical Theory and the Micro-Politics of Practice

4

S

Forester

CRP

653

Legal Aspects of Land Use Planning

4

S

Booth

HAdm

422

Taxation and Management Decisions

3

F

Sciarabba

ILROB

422

Organizations and Deviance

4

F

Sonnensthol

NCC

550

Financial Accounting

3

F,S

Staff

Recently Completed Theses:

"The Role of Trust in Financial Markets: A Case Study" (Author: David Bavoso. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Steven Jackson)

"Is Inequality Leading to Decreasing Savings Rates?" (Author: Valerie Bouchereau. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Nancy Chau)

"An Analysis of Social Marketing Programs in Japanese Corporate Philanthropy" (Author: Atsuko Kawamori. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Dietram Scheufele)

"A Discussion of the History and Effectiveness of Securities Regulation in the United States" (Author: Eric Levine. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Rick Geddes)

"Complexity of Bilateral Trade between the Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China" (Author: Dongkuk Lim. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Peter Stein)

"Assessing State Resources and Spending Under the TANF Block Grant" (Author: Ju-Yiu Lu. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Jerome Ziegler)

"The Effects of the Merger between the Two Dominant Airlines in the Japanese Domestic Market and the Future Direction of Regulatory Policy" (Author: Yusuke Utsumi. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Richard Schuler)


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