3-3-0

The purpose of this course is to prepare the student for advanced economic research leading up to original empirical and/or theoretical research undertaken by the student for his/her honours thesis and for research undertaken at the graduate level and beyond. Areas covered include: selection of a research topic, literature survey, theoretical and empirical analyses including model building, formulation of a research question and hypothesis, and testing hypotheses.

Prerequisite: ECO209, ECO213, EMA 261