Spring 2014 Course Listings (PHD)

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Accounting/Taxation

  • ACCT-GB.4302 Theory&Research Managerial Accounting I (3)
    Course Description:

    "Analytical Research in Accounting: Information, Contracts, and Corporate Governance" Course Description: This course explores analytical models in the accounting literature. The main focus is on contract theory with applications to accounting. Analytical research design issues are emphasized and emerging research questions identified. The class mixes lectures with student presentations. Pre-requisites: Ph.D. level microeconomics or permission of the instructor.
    Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
    20
     
    		02/03-05/12 Baldenius,T PhD Students only
  • ACCT-GB.4310 Empirical Research in Financial Accounting II (3)
    Course Description:

    This seminar is a continuation of Empirical Research in Financial Accounting I (B10.4301), with an emphasis on contemporary issues in accounting research. The goal of this course is to further your process of becoming an empirical researcher capable of identifying interesting, cutting edge, important and researchable topics in financial accounting and finance, in general. In each class we will ask (1) what is (are) the research questions, (2) how original are the research questions, (3) how did the authors empirically test the research questions, (4) are there any alternative explanations to their findings, and (5) how, if any, the papers could be improved. A variety of topics will be covered. Amongst these topics, will be an investigation of corporate governance and regulatory issues.
    Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
    20
     
    		02/03-05/12 Klein,A PhD Students only

Economics

  • ECON-GB.3352 ECONOMETRICS II (3)
    Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
    20
    TR  1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    		 02/04-05/08 Greene,W PhD Students only
    • ECON-GB.4301 Strategy I- Economics (3)
      Course Description:

      This course is intended to develop the toolbox of PhD students intending to pursue research in strategy (or other business related fields). It focuses on the set of tools that are provided by the discipline of economics, hence a focus on models of oligopoly and contract theory, and a focus on empirical tools such as the measurement and identification of treatment effects and causal inference.
      Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
      20
      MW  10:30 am - 12:00 pm
      		 02/03-05/12 Kawai,K PhD Students only
      • ECON-GB.4325 INFO FRICTNS,NTWRKS&MACRO (3)
        Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
        20
        W  2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
        		 02/05-05/07 Veldkamp,L/Ruhl,K PhD Students only

        Finance

        • FINC-GB.2107 TOPICS:FINANCIAL CRISIS (1.5)
          Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
          20
          W  1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
          		 02/05-03/12 Mueller,H PhD Students only
        • FINC-GB.2111 BEHAVRL ECONOMICS&FINANCE (1.5)
          Course Description:

          We shall study the main models of behavioral economics and finance. We will discuss the empirical evidence, but we'll emphasize the models - especially the novel, promising approaches, rather than a review of past successes.

          Topics will include: bounded rationality, inattention, imperfect understanding of probabilities, narrow framing, sparse dynamic programming, and more specialized finance models: limits of arbitrage, loss aversion in stock trading, under and over reaction, extrapolation and categorical thinking.
          Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
          20
          W  6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
          		 02/05-03/12 Gabaix,X PhD Students only
        • FINC-GB.2112 EMPRCAL METHODS CORP FINC (1.5)
          Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
          20
          W  09:00 am - 11:50 am
          		 03/26-05/07 Ljungqvist,A PhD Students only
        • FINC-GB.2333 Financial Theory III (3)
          Course Description:

          This is the third course in the theory of financial decision making. The first half of this course deals with issues in corporate finance. Topics include agency theory, signaling and asymmetric information models, taxes, dividends, and capital structure. The second half of the course focuses on the pricing of options, futures, and other derivative securities instruments.
          Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
          20 alternate schedule Gabaix,X/Schnabl,P PhD Students only
        • FINC-GB.2337 Financial Theory IV (3)
          Course Description:

          This is the fourth course in the theory of financial decision making. The first half of this course deals with asset pricing and dynamic portfolio choice in a continuous-time framework. The second half of the course focuses on empirical financial economics with a special emphasis on the empirical implications of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis and asset pricing and applications to issues in investment performance measurement and corporate finance.
          Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
          20
          T  2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
          		 02/04-05/06 Brown,S/Carpenter,J PhD Students only
        • FINC-GB.4318 SEM:FINANCE FACULTY RSRCH (3)
          Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
          20
          W  3:00 pm - 4:20 pm
          		 02/05-05/07 Elton,E PhD Students only

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        Information Systems

        • INFO-GB.3345 Doctoral Seminar in Digital Economics (3)
          Course Description:

          This course introduces students to scientific paradigms and research perspectives related to the economics of information technologies. Topics in 2012 include information goods, piracy, digital rights management, network economics, sponsored search auctions, user-generated content, contagion in networks, technological innovation, IT productivity, the digital commons and online privacy.
          Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
          20
          FR  10:00 am - 1:00 pm
          		 02/07-05/09 Sundararajan,A PhD Students only
          • INFO-GB.3382 Research Seminar on IT and Organizations: Social Perspectives (3)
            Course Description:

            The course introduces students to sociological and organizational literature on the role of Information Technology in organizations and society.
            Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
            20
            W  2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
            		 02/05-05/07 Levina,N PhD Students only
            • INFO-GB.3391 RESEARCH SEM:DATA SCIENCE (3)
              Course Description:

              In this course we will take a deep dive into selected topics in data science. The focus will be two-fold. First, we will read textbook segments, classic papers, and new research, with the goal of understanding research in data science. Second, we will study the actual practical application of data science methods to extract knowledge from large-scale data. We will cover topics such as machine learning, data mining, information retrieval, text classification, sentiment analysis, similarity analysis, network analysis, graphical models, Bayesian models, topic models, model evaluation, crowd-sourcing and micro-outsourcing, massive-scale data processing, reducing data for analytic purposes, and more. The selection of which topics are covered in a particular semester will be based on: (i) the current research and business environments, (ii) the research interests of the IS faculty, and (iii) the interests of the students in that semester. We also will discuss applications that are of current interest, such as recommender systems, social-network marketing, online advertising, Mechanical Turking, and more.
              Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
              20
              R  09:30 am - 12:30 pm
              		 02/06-05/08 Provost,F PhD Students only
              • INFO-GB.4210 CORPORATE RSRCH: INFO SYS (2)
                Course Description:

                This course provides advanced doctoral students with exposure to the spectrum of academic-style research pursued by corporate entities, towards gaining an appreciation of the similarities and differences between inquiry undertaken by industry labs/research groups and the corresponding work done within a university setting. The internship provides an opportunity for students to put theory into practice. Students registered for the course will be required to collaborate with a suitably identified industry partner, often in the form of a short internship. Internships are closely supervised by a Stern faculty member, and students will be expected to submit a research paper that summarizes the outputs of the collaboration.
                Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
                20
                FR  2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
                		 02/07-05/09 Sundararajan,A PhD Students only

                Management and Organizations

                • MGMT-GB.3387 Organization Theory (3)
                  Course Description:

                  Organizations operate in dynamic environments. This course introduces doctoral students to the principal theoretical perspectives and empirical findings used to explain relationships among environments, organizational strategies, designs, and performance. Students are expected to develop expertise in the analysis of environments and organizations from several theoretical perspectives, such as resource dependence theory, institutional theory, organizational ecology, and industrial organization economics. The seminar stresses the competitive and mutual dimensions of environments that propel managers to enact business, corporate, and collective strategies, structures, processes, and systems to enhance their firms' effectiveness. Both theoretical and empirical research are examined to illustrate how different theoretical perspectives require different empirical research methodologies.
                  Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
                  20
                  M  5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
                  		 02/03-05/12 Greenberg,J PhD Students only
                  • MGMT-GB.4301 STRATEGY II - MANAGEMENT (3)
                    Course Description:

                    The field of Strategy is motivated by a simple question: "What allows certain firms to earn positive economic profits while others deliver negative returns?" It offers a set of complicated answers: differences in industry structure, internal capabilities, superior managerial decision making, vertical and horizontal scope and so on.

                    In the past 3 decades, Strategy has emerged as an important area of study in Management. The Business Policy and Strategy division now boasts of the largest membership in all of AOM. In practice, the field of Strategy is the only area that speaks exclusively to the highest level of corporations - the leaders, the CEOs, and the movers and shakers of the modern firm. It transcends functional areas such as finance or marketing, as it brings functional knowledge to bear on the most critical issues faced by the firm's key decision makers.

                    While there is a strong degree of core consensus among scholars, Strategy is a young discipline with many unresolved theoretical puzzles and empirical challenges. Far from being obstacles, these gaps present attractive and ample opportunities for fledging scholars to make a mark. Whether you aspire to contribute directly to the scholarship of Strategy or are simply curious about how Strategy may relate to your area (whether it be Information Systems, Marketing or Public Policy), this course offers an overview of classic concepts and ideas and introduce you to current research in Strategy.
                    Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
                    20
                    W  1:30 pm - 4:20 pm
                    		 02/05-05/07 Fang,C PhD Students only

                    Marketing

                    • MKTG-GB.4391 Quantitative Applications in Marketing I (3)
                      Course Description:

                      This course acquaints students with the state of the art in mathematical marketing models. The focus is on models of consumer and market behavior. In particular, utility theory, discrete choice models, stochastic models, multidimensional scaling, and hierarchical decision making are studied. These models are examined in the context of how consumers and the market react to marketing stimuli. The readings are drawn from leading marketing journals.
                      Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
                      20
                       
                      		02/03-05/12 Hui,K PhD Students only
                    • MKTG-GB.4394 ADVANCD EMPIRICAL METHODS (3)
                      Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
                      20
                       
                      		02/03-05/12 Bollinger,B PhD Students only

                    Operations Management

                    • OPMG-GB.4306 Dynamic Programming&Stochastic Control (3)
                      Course Description:

                      This course covers the basic models and solution techniques for problems of sequential decision making under a deterministic setting or under uncertainty (stochastic control). We will discuss both finite and infinite horizon models. Most of the contents will be based on the book by D.P. Bertsekas: Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control.
                      Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
                      20
                      R  10:00 am - 1:00 pm
                      		 02/06-05/08 Caldentey,R PhD Students only
                      • OPMG-GB.4331 SERVICE OPERATIONS MGMT (3)
                        Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
                        20
                        T  10:00 am - 1:00 pm
                        		 02/04-05/06 Armony,M PhD Students only
                        • OPMG-GB.4340 APPLIED GAME THEORY (3)
                          Course Description:

                          This course has two objectives: teach doctoral students the fundamental concepts in game theory and mechanism design, and familiarize the students with how game-theoretical techniques are currently being used in operations management research. COURSE CONTENTS The course will cover solution concepts for normal form games (Nash Equilibria and rationalizability), dynamic games (Subgame Perfect Equilibria), incomplete information games (Bayes-Nash Equilibria) and dynamic games with incomplete information (Perfect Bayesian and Sequential Equilibria). It will also cover the folk theorems for repeated games, properties and applications of potential games and Nash bargaining. We will also cover mechanism design, including both social welfare and revenue maximization. Finally, we will go over recent papers using game theoretic concepts in OM applications such as supply chain contracting, queuing games and revenue management with strategic customers.
                          Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes
                          20
                          FR  09:00 am - 12:00 pm
                          		 02/03-05/12 Lobel,I PhD Students only