An analysis of the theoreticaland operational issues associated with the municipal securities industry.

A course which examines the interaction of both external and internal resources and constraints upon the administrative decision processes in a number of public organizational settings. The objective is an understanding of the practice of administration in public organizations.

A course which examines the interaction of both external and internal resources and constraints upon the administrative decision processes in a number of public organizational settings. The objective is an understanding of the practice of administration in public organizations.

Broad-based course in public policy formulation and social planning. Emphasis is on the parameters of policy formulation as well as the social planning and impact variables. Both policy processes and relevant content areas will be stressed.

Broad-based course in public policy formulation and social planning. Emphasis is on the parameters of policy formulation as well as the social planning and impact variables. Both policy processes and relevant content areas will be stressed.

This course explores the techniques and principles of financial management including budgeting, finance, and investment decision making for non-profit orgs.

This course provides an opportunity for students to integrate the Master of Public Financial Management curriculum in an analysis of an applied management or policy problem. It is expected that students will produce papers applying different elements of the curriculum in an analysis of their internship or professional experiences.

Tax policy is analyzed from an economic perspective: efficiency and distributional effects of taxation, especially in state, local and international contexts.

This course provides an introduction to ethical theory, explores the ethical dimensions of practice in the public sector, and examines ethics in connection with policy development.

Maximum likelihood estimation, ordinary least squares (OLS) regression, instrumental variables (IV) regression, heteroscedasticity-consistent regression, fixed and random effects models, probit, logit and tobit models, and identification and two-state least squares estimation of simultaneous equations models.