Ph.D Course Work



Fall 2002

[Econ 7001/7002] Quantitative Methods I/II

[Econ 7003] Political Economy I

• Why did Adam Smith think that the pursuit of power and wealth was not necessarily in one's "true" self-interest?
• Where Smith's version of Classical theory fell short and how Ricardo tried to remedy these shortcomings?
• Polanyi and Marx / Marx: the distortion of the technical requirements of modern industry by the social relations / Marx: machinery transforms the workman into a part of a detailed machine / Marx, the General law of Capital Accumulation
• Veblen's ideas on irksomeness of labor and workmanship and their relevance to Marx's notion of estrangement of labor
• The difference between the general structure of Classical theory and Orthodox theory in its approach to economic analysis
• On Chapters 4~6 of Marx's Capital, Vol. I
• Cooperation under capitalism and the evolution of division of labor in manufacture and in society

[Econ 7004] Political Economy I I

• Presentation: Andrew Sayer, 'Abstraction: A realist interpretation'
• Answers to Hans G. Ehrbar(2002), Annotations to Bhaskar's Realist Theory of Science
• A Guide to The Frobenius Theorem
  
• Answers to the "Critical Realism - Essential Readings"
• Answers to the Math Part of the Final Exam
• A Comparative Study of the Regulation Theory and the Contested Exchange Theory

Spring 2003

[Econ 7005/7006] Microeconomic Theory I/II

[Econ 7007] Macroeconomics I

• The theory of value and unemployment in classical economics and neoclassical economics
• The main structure of the argument in the Treatise and explain what Keynes is trying to accomplish in this work
• Different interpretations on the marginal efficiency of capital

[Econ 7008] Macroeconomics II



Fall 2003

[Econ 7020] International Economics I

[Econ 7500] Advanced Monetary Theory

• Presentation: Cottrell, 1994, Endogenous Money and the Multiplier; Moore, 1994, The Demise of the Keynesian Multiplier.
• The Endogenous Money Theory: the Horizontalist Approach

[Econ 7600] History of Economic Doctrines I

• A Study on Transformation Problem

[Econ 7800] Econometrics I (Course Webpage | 2005 Field Exam)



Spring 2004

[Econ 7601] History of Economic Doctrines II

• Answers to the Midterm Exam
• A Study on the Contested Exchange Theory of Bowles and Gintis

[Econ 7801] Econometrics II (2005 Field Exam)

[Econ 7950] Independent Study with Dr. Mark Glick

• The Theory of the Firm

[Soc 7950] Independent Research with Dr. Y.S. Jang (Papers)



Fall 2004

[Econ 7970] Thesis Research

• Presentation: Competition and Antitrust Rules: Transaction Cost Approach and Evolutionary Approach

Spring 2005

[Econ 6360] Industrial Organization

• Corporate Governance and Performance in Korea

[Econ 7970] Thesis Research

• Presentation: Corporate Governance and Performance

Fall 2005

[Econ 7100] Industrial Organization I

• Problems: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final
• My Answers: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final
• Solutions: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final

Spring 2006

[Econ 7101] Industrial Organization II

• Answers to the Problems of Tirole 1
• Answers to the Problems of Tirole 2

A Study on the Contested Exchange Theory of Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis (Thesis for Master, 1999)