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id=\"mathfinance-reqs\" style=\"line-height:0.9\">PhD in Business Economics Course Requirements<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-44615582 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PhD in Business Economics curriculum establishes a strong foundation in economic analysis, with a focus on impacts on firms and policymakers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group community-headline is-vertical is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f8ed8d12 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7a276f3c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" 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If that sounds like you, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/26004-PhD-CurriculumSheet-BusinessEconomics-000-7.2025.pdf\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">download the Business Economics Curriculum sheet<\/span><\/strong> <\/a>by clicking the link below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-link-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/26004-PhD-CurriculumSheet-BusinessEconomics-000-7.2025.pdf\">Business Economics Curriculum Sheet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program cultivates collaboration with faculty and prepares students to publish in top journals, positioning graduates for successful academic careers in both business schools and economics departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following is a typical course schedule:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hero-slider__container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-4-font-size\">Year 1-2:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Four field courses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four electives, including at least one Questrom course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hero-slider__container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-collapsible collapsible-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-collapsible-item collapsible\">\n<button id=\"7296c88d-7a22-4391-bfee-22c0d3c5b149-toggle\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"7296c88d-7a22-4391-bfee-22c0d3c5b149-content\" class=\"wp-block-amp-collapsible-toggle collapsible__toggle\"><span class=\"collapsible__icon\"><\/span>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Advanced Microeconomics I (CAS EC 701)<\/h6>\n<\/button>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"7296c88d-7a22-4391-bfee-22c0d3c5b149-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"7296c88d-7a22-4391-bfee-22c0d3c5b149-toggle\" class=\"wp-block-amp-collapsible-content collapsible__content\"><div class=\"collapsible__body\">\n<p class=\"has-p-2-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Neoclassical general equilibrium theory. 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Economics of information: adverse selection, signaling, principal agent problem, moral hazard and introduction to mechanism design.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-collapsible-item collapsible\">\n<button id=\"dd54997c-c56c-4c14-bf93-3fd22d65edc4-toggle\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"dd54997c-c56c-4c14-bf93-3fd22d65edc4-content\" class=\"wp-block-amp-collapsible-toggle collapsible__toggle\"><span class=\"collapsible__icon\"><\/span>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Advanced Macroeconomics II (CAS EC 704)<\/h6>\n<\/button>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"dd54997c-c56c-4c14-bf93-3fd22d65edc4-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"dd54997c-c56c-4c14-bf93-3fd22d65edc4-toggle\" class=\"wp-block-amp-collapsible-content collapsible__content\"><div class=\"collapsible__body\">\n<p class=\"has-p-2-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Effects of taxation and government spending; monetary non-neutrality and nominal rigidities; optimal fiscal and monetary policy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-collapsible-item collapsible\">\n<button id=\"740b95ad-b520-4731-9001-1474e2420adf-toggle\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"740b95ad-b520-4731-9001-1474e2420adf-content\" class=\"wp-block-amp-collapsible-toggle collapsible__toggle\"><span class=\"collapsible__icon\"><\/span>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Mathematical Economics \/ Computation (CAS EC 705)\u2002<\/h6>\n<\/button>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"740b95ad-b520-4731-9001-1474e2420adf-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"740b95ad-b520-4731-9001-1474e2420adf-toggle\" class=\"wp-block-amp-collapsible-content collapsible__content\"><div class=\"collapsible__body\">\n<p class=\"has-p-2-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The first half of the course covers introductory real analysis, including metric spaces, correspondences, fixed point theorems, and convex analysis. 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