Description

This unit covers selected topic areas with an emphasis on the application of economic theory and research methods to particular public issues, including education, environment, energy policy, tourism, defence, housing, privatisation, transport, and the arts.

Topics

Topics will be chosen from the following list:

• Education policy
• The economics of foreign students
• Defence
• Ecologically sustainable development
• The energy sector
• The greenhouse problem
• Transport policy
• House prices and housing policy
• The economics of tourism
• The non profit sector
• The economics of intellectual property
• Arts and cultural industries
• Demand for public outlays
• Labour standards and trade
• The broader role of financial institution