Spring 2018 Course Listings (PHD)

• Accounting/Taxation
• Economics
• Finance
• Information Systems
• Interarea
• Management and Organizations
• Marketing
• Operations Management

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= New Class Added

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Accounting/Taxation

• ACCT-GB.4303 Theory and Research of Managerial 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.

  Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
  20		01/29-05/07	Guttman,I	PhD Students Only

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• 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		01/29-05/07	Klein,A	PhD Students Only

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Economics

• ECON-GB.3332 Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics (Macroeconomics II) (3)
  Course Description:
  
  This course is intended for Ph.D. students who already have substantial prior preparation in dynamic macroeconomics. The objective is to talk about research and potential dissertation topics. Most of the topics fall under the general description of dynamic general equilibrium theory. In recent years, the topics have included financial markets and the growth of firms; optimal monetary policy; dynamic contracting; asset pricing; business cycles; and labor markets. Students are expected to present their own work at the end of the course.

  Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
  20	M  09:00 am - 12:00 pm	01/29-05/07	Clementi,G	PhD Students Only

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• 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	R  10:00 am - 1:00 pm	02/01-05/03	Moser,P	PhD Students Only

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  Finance

  • 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	01/29-05/07	Carpenter,J/Mueller,H	PhD Students Only

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  • FINC-GB.2346 FINANCIAL THEORY V (3)
    Course Description:
    
    This course is an introduction to empirical research in asset pricing. Topics include tests of asset pricing models, return predictability in the time-series and the cross-section, empirical studies of asset market imperfections, and studies of individual and professional investor behavior. The aim is to familiarize students with essential econometric methods and with important empirical facts and areas of current research interest.

    Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
    20	T  09:00 am - 11:50 am	01/29-05/07	Koijen,R	PhD Students Only

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  • FINC-GB.3318 Seminar in Financial Institutions (3)
    Course Description:
    
    Prepares advanced doctoral students for the comprehensive examination and for independent research. Focus is on current research topics in macrofinance and in the structure of financial markets.

    Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
    20	R  2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	01/29-05/07	John,K/Saunders,A	PhD Only - Room: 9-191

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  • FINC-GB.4383 Seminar: Macroeconomics&Finance (3)
    Course Description:
    
    The class covers advanced topics on the interaction of macroeconomics, monetary economics, banking, and international finance. The first half of the class (section 1 and 2) will cover the most important building blocks of macro-finance. The second half of the class will discuss topics for ongoing and future research.

    Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
    20	R  09:00 am - 12:00 pm	01/29-05/07	Philippon,T	PhD Only - Room: 9-191

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  • FINC-GB.4388 FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS (3)
    Course Description:
    
    This course focuses on Financial Econometrics which is the set of statistical tools that are most helpful in the analysis of financial markets. The course develops tools for estimating volatility and correlation of financial returns with applications to asset pricing, risk management, portfolio selection and derivative pricing. Extreme Value Distributions, Copulas and Systemic Risk are topics that will be studied. The course will use accessible data sources and software and will have homework, a research paper, and a final exam. The ideal preparation is Econometrics I and Fin Theory I or better.

    Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
    20	W  3:00 pm - 5:50 pm	01/31-05/02	Engle,R/Kelly,B	PhD Only - Room: 9-191

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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	W  2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	01/29-05/07	Sundararajan,A	PhD Students Only

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    • INFO-GB.3386 Technical Foundations of Information Systems (3)
      Course Description:
      
      The goal of the course is to provide students with sufficient background in a variety of topics in computer science to enable them to understand and possibly conduct research in technical areas of Information Systems. One of the immediate goals of the course is to develop sufficient technical skills so that the students could read intelligently and critically technical IS papers they may encounter in other technical IS courses and later on in their professional lives. To accomplish this goal, the course covers a broad range of topics in computer science, including set theory, computability, finite automata, Turing machines, analysis of algorithms, elements of logic, databases, and information retrieval.

      Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
      20	M  1:30 pm - 4:30 pm	01/29-05/07	Tuzhilin,A	PhD Only - Room: 8-191

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      Interarea

      • INTA-GB.9912 Panel Data Analysis (Econometrics II) (3)
        Course Description:
        
        This is an intermediate level, Ph.D. course in the area of Applied Econometrics dealing with Panel Data. The range of topics covered in the course will span a large part of econometrics generally, though we are particularly interested in those techniques as they are adapted to the analysis of 'panel' or 'longitudinal' data sets. Topics to be studied include specification, estimation, and inference in the context of models that include individual (firm, person, etc.) effects. We will begin with a development of the standard linear regression model, then extend it to panel data settings involving 'fixed' and 'random' effects. The asymptotic distribution theory necessary for analysis of generalized linear and nonlinear models will be reviewed or developed as we proceed.. We will then turn to instrumental variables, maximum likelihood, generalized method of moments (GMM), and two step estimation methods. The linear model will be extended to dynamic models and recently developed GMM and instrumental variables techniques. The classical methods of maximum likelihood and GMM and Bayesian methods, expecially MCMC techniques, are applied to models with individual effects. The last third of the course will focus on nonlinear models. Theoretical developments will focus on heterogeneity in models including random parameter variation, latent class (finite mixture) and 'mixed' and hierarchical models. We will also visit the theory for techniques for optimization in the setting of nonlinear models. We will consider numerous applications from the literature, including static and dynamic regression models, heterogeneous parameters models (e.g., Fama-Macbeth), random parameter variation, and specific nonlinear models such as binary and multinomial choice and models for count data.

        Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
        20	TR  12:30 pm - 2:00 pm	01/30-05/03	Greene,W	PhD Students Only

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        Management and Organizations

        • MGMT-GB.3182 Organizational Behavior Advanced PhD Seminar (1.5)
          Course Description:
          
          In the field of organization science, much has been written about levels of analysis-individual, group, and organization. In between individual and group is dyad, which is almost never discussed in these terms. This seems odd because the dyad is a key building block of organizations, and, indeed, there has been a growing trend toward relational perspectives on organizations. In social psychology, the relationship took a backseat to the individual during the cognitive revolution of the 1960s/70s, and history risks repeating itself with the recent advance of neuroscience. This too is puzzling as relationships are essential to social life. A countervailing force in social psychology has been the rise of research on close relationships, or relationship science. In this course, we will stitch together organizational research that has a relational component and psychological research on close relationships and see what novel insights we can generate

          Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
          20		01/29-03/26	North,M	PhD students only

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          • MGMT-GB.3192 PROFESSION SEMINAR 2 (1.5)

            Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
            20		01/30-05/08	Milliken,F	PhD students only

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            • MGMT-GB.3194 Advanced Strategy PhD Seminar (1.5)

              Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
              20		03/22-05/07	Porac,J	PhD students only

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              • 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		01/30-05/08	Bechky,B	PhD students only

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              • MGMT-GB.4301 Strategy (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 fledgling 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		01/30-05/08	Cattani,G	PhD students only

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                Marketing

                • MKTG-GB.4381 Behavioral Applications in Marketing I (3)
                  Course Description:
                  
                  This course is designed to provide a strong foundation for critical thinking in the area of consumer behavior. It examines topics primarily in the area of social psychology that have marketing applications. The primary focus is on how consumers process and integrate information such as advertising to form or change attitudes. The goal of this course is not only to impart knowledge about a body of research but also to help the individual develop his or her own interests and preferences in consumer behavior-related issues.

                  Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
                  20		01/29-05/07	Bonezzi,A	PhD Students Only

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                • MKTG-GB.4394 Advanced Empirical Methods (3)

                  Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
                  20		01/29-05/07	Ishihara,M	PhD Students Only

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                Operations Management

                • OPMG-GB.4104 RESEARCH PRACTICUM-OPS 4 (1)

                  Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
                  20		01/28-05/07	Reed,J

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                • OPMG-GB.4313 SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE (3)

                  Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
                  20	W  2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	01/31-05/02	Xiao,W	PhD Students Only

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                  • OPMG-GB.4331 Service Operations Management (3)

                    Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
                    20	M  2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	01/29-05/07	Armony,M	PhD Only - Room: 8-170

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