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ECON2113 Microeconomic analysis Semester : 2 For Student of Year : 2 Examine microeconomic issues with applications. Topics include: consumer behaviour, cost structure, market structure, theory of the firm, factor market and general equilibrium. Extra Information Remarks: Open only to non-B.Econ, non-B.Fin and non-B.Econ&Fin students Mutually exclusive course: ECON2101 Microeconomic theory

ECON6011 Microeconomic Theory General Information This course covers how consumers and producers make choices and how these choices are equilibrated by the market. In the part on choice theory, utility maximisation and profit maximisation problems, together with corresponding dual problems, are considered. Optimal value functions are studied and used to perform comparative static analysis. Restrictions imposed by optimisation on consumer and producer behaviour are discussed. Choices under uncertainty are also investigated. The second part mainly covers the equilibrium in perfectly competitive markets and the two fundamental welfare theorems. It will also discuss the consequences of market failures, including public goods, externalities,

ECON2101 Microeconomic theory Semester : 1 & 2 For Student of Year : 2 Lecturer : Xu, S. General Information The laws of demand, supply, returns, and costs; price and output determination in different market situations; theory of factor pricing and income distribution; general equilibrium; interest and capital. Extra Information Mutually exclusive course: ECON2113 Microeconomic analysis

ECON0109 Topics in macroeconomics Semester : 2 For Student of Year : 2 & 3 This course provides students with an up-to-date account of the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics. The following areas that have shaped modern macroeconomic research will be covered: real business cycle theory, endogenous growth theory, and new Keynesian theories of labour markets, asset markets and stick prices. Other selected topics on fiscal and monetary policy will also be discussed. Extra Information Prerequisites: ECON2101 Microeconomic theory or ECON2113 Microeconomic analysis, and ECON2102 Macroeconomic theory or ECON2114 Macroeconomic analysis

ECON6017 Financial Economics General Information This course is a survey of capital and investment theories, which are the basis of the analysis of finance. Topics include: Fisher's separation theorem, investment theory and some investment econometrics, expected utility theory, portfolio selection, and other applications, intertemporal models with uncertainty and transaction costs. ECON6031

ECON6035 Political Economy of Economic Policy General Information This course studies the relationship between the state and the market economy, especially highlighting the costs and benefits of economic policy interventions. Topics include: the economic value of the rule of law, property rights and institutional change, promoting competition and regulating markets, rules versus discretion in monetary, fiscal and exchange rate policy, and regionalism versus federalism. Selected case materials based on historical and contemporary examples will be used in classroom discussions, including international examples with emphasis on Hong Kong, China and Asia. ECON6036

The Chinese Economy General Information This course reviews the economic transformation of the People's Republic of China and its implications. China's experiences are subjected to theoretical and empirical analysis by using modern economic methods. The course covers structural and institutional changes as well as current debates on reform and policy. Topics include: history, geography, population, rural reform, industrialisation, urbanisation, enterprise reform, foreign trade and investment, financial system, and regional development.

ECON6007 Industrial Organization General Information This course covers alternative forms of economic organizations, including the contractual nature of the firm, the meaning of monopoly and patent rights, the extraction of consumer surplus, and the purpose of integration and franchise arrangements. Government regulations will be discussed whenever appropriate.

ECON6001 Applied Econometrics General Information This course examines how practical problems can be solved by using econometric methods. The emphasis is on the analysis of real world economic data using advanced statistical software. Topics include: estimation and testing of linear regression models, regression diagnostics, robust estimation, bootstrap, panel data, nonlinear least squares, discrete choice models and forecasting methods.

ECON0104 Public finance Semester : 1 For Student of Year : 2 & 3 Study of the role of government in the economy, using microeconomic theory. The course covers public expenditure analysis and methods of financing government expenditures. It explores the underlying theory of welfare economics as well as the economic effects of public policy such as public sector pricing, expenditure and tax policies.

ECON6015 Public Economics Bergin, Jim General Information This course covers the positive and normative analyses of the public sector in relation to efficiency and equity. It provides a better understanding of the making of public policy under asymmetric information and limited commitment, and the role of incentives in public administration. Topics include: market failure, welfare criteria, public goods and externalities, social choice and voting, income distribution, public pricing and investment, cost-benefit analysis and project appraisal, and the regulation of public enterprises.

ECON6012 Macroeconomic Theory General Information This course covers neo-classical macroeconomics, the Keynesian model and its problems, the consumption function and investment and economic fluctuations, supply and demand of money, the counterrevolution in monetary theory, inflation and unemployment and alternative policies for dealing with them, and open economy macroeconomics.

FB2801 Experiencing Hong Kong Course Aims & Objectives: The aims of this course are to enhance students understanding of the formation of cultures and subcultures; awareness of the formation of Hong Kong culture and it's subcultures. Upon completion of the course, students should have gained: First hand experiences of different aspects of Hong Kong culture Insights on the development of Hong Kong's many subcultures, and how they affect the livelihood of Hong Kong people Perception of the cultural development of Hong Kong in the future Units: 1 Level: A/B Keyword Syllabus: Concepts and definitions of culture and the making of Hong Kong culture. The power of media in the

ECON6053 Selected Topics in Financial Economics General Information This is a special course that deals with various topics of financial economics. Topics covered may vary from year to year, depending on the research interests of the instructor.

ECON0603 The economic system of Hong Kong Semester : 2 For Student of Year : 2 & 3 The course provides a comprehensive discussion of the salient aspects of the Hong Kong economy. Topics include Hong Kong's national income accounting and economic development, the monetary system and exchange rate regime, the financial system, public finance and fiscal policy, external trade and foreign investment, economic relations with the Mainland, the labour market and employment, the property market and housing policy, regulation of public utilities and competition policy, industrial development and policy, and income distribution. Emphasis will be given to both economic analysis and institutional