Business Economics and Public Policy

专业详情

The Business Economics and Public Policy concentration offers a wide range of courses for students interested in the role of economics in business, competition and public policy. Our courses specialize in market structure and competition, insurance and risk management, behavioral economics, energy, public finance, business & international politics, and business and development. A concentration in Business Economics and Public Policy is vital for students planning a career in consulting, the public sector, industries with a high social impact factor, and anyone with a general interest in how economics interacts with law, policy, and politics. 

The Business Economics and Public Policy concentration provides skills and insights that are useful to future consultants, private and public managers, lawyers, economists, political scientists, and policy analysts. The concentration combines elements of economic and political analysis in order to understand the interactions between markets and government activity (public policy and management), political processes (political economy), as well as risk management. The concentration also provides a firm base for graduate study in law, economics, public policy, and political science.