M.S. in Quantitative Economics

Our fundamental philosophy is quite simple: economists can perform rigorous analyses of fundamental questions, including traditional questions (such as labor supply, social security, educational and tax reform), and newer issues that are central to business management (such as firm decision making with strategic rivalry, incentive contracts and firm organization, auctions and auction design). The last ten years have seen a virtual explosion in our ability to describe such problems in a theoretically coherent manner and then to use modern computational techniques to apply the theory to data. We have world-class faculty and their techniques are becoming the standard toolkit of professional economists. The M.S.Q.E. lets you develop valuable skills that are in high demand, as we demonstrate below.

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