PEPM U6103 Microeconomics II: Topics in Policy-oriented Microeconomics 
The class covers basic economics thinking and policy applications derived primarily from labor economics, industrial organization and international economics. It will examine the effects of government policies on firms, labor, and capital markets. It will also focus on issues of corporate and national governance and performance. There will be several guest lectures on these and other topics.


INAF U6226 Leadership and Innovative Policy Making
In this course the students will (a) master key themes in leadership development and policy making, (b) increase their own leadership and policy making capacities through reflection and discussion and (c) evaluate the leadership record of an "extraordinary" policy leader. The goal of the three-pronged approach is to prepare students for understanding and exercising leadership-executive ability in government, non-governmental organizations, and business. Leadership is the ability to influence people towards achieving a goal. An important part of the SIPA mission is to prepare students for leadership and innovative policy making. In this course we will examine leadership and policy making "out of the box" as well as "inside the box" by having students tackle several key themes and some specific questions. The themes include issues such as, are leaders born or made? What kind of leaders design and implement "good" versus "bad" policies? Can "nudging" and "innovative policy making" substitute for forceful policy intervention? To what extent are economic and political outcomes products of leadership as opposed to external environment?

Courses Taught in the past

Ph.D.                         
Economics of Transition and Development; Economic Development; Economics of Transition; Institutions, Regulation and Performance of Firms and Economies; Institutions, International Corporate Finance and FDI; Ownership, Corporate Governance and Firm Behavior in Emerging Markets; Comparative Economics; Labor Economics

MBA                         
Business Economics (core course); Strategy of Doing Business in Transition and Emerging Market Economies

MPP                           
Leadership and Innovative Policy Making

EMBA                       
Economics of Business (core course)

Undergraduate           
Microeconomics; Economic Development; Comparative Economics; Labor Economics; Industrial and Labor Relations

Executive Education  
Strategy of Doing Business in Europe; Strategy of Doing Business in Emerging Markets

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