Why Economics?

The Economics minor provides a program of study of micro and macroeconomics in both theoretical and applied courses so that you will have significant exposure to economic reasoning and analysis. Although less rigorous than the economics major, the economics minor will be useful to you in preparing for professional careers in business, or for graduate study in a variety of other fields in which economic analysis is complementary to the advanced practice of the discipline.

Why Liberal Arts?

Liberal Arts is not reserved for art students only. At AUBG, for example, we have a variety of majors and minors spanning from Business Administration to Computer Science, and we make sure that you get a solid understanding and in-depth knowledge in the field you choose to study. What differentiates Liberal Arts from other types of degrees, however, is that in addition to that, it gives you the freedom to explore, create, practice your skills and connect to others.

Liberal Arts at AUBG

Courses

Elective

Principles of Microeconomics

ECO 1001

Principles of Macroeconomics

ECO 1002

Intermediate Microeconomics

ECO 3001

Economic History

ECO 2022/HTY 3014

Energy Economics

ECO 4011

Quantitative Methods in Economics

ECO 3000

Topics in Advanced Macroeconomics

ECO 4[4-9]NN

Intermediate Macroeconomics

ECO 3002

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Professors

Email Degree Doctor of Philosophy, Department of International Economic Relations, Varna University of Economivs, Bulgaria
Courses

Principles of Microeconomics, ECO 101a

Quantitative Methods in Economics, ECO 300a

Senior Thesis I, ECO 491c

Senior Thesis II, ECO 492c

Research Interests

New institutional economics

The theory of the firm

Transaction costs and transitional economics

Microeconomics

International Trade

Quantitative Methods in Economics

Industrial Organization

New Institutional Economics

Economics of Transition

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Courses

Principles of Microeconomics, ECO 101b

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Email Degree Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, USA
Courses

Principles of Macroeconomics, ECO 102a

Money and Banking, ECO 212a

Money and Banking, ECO 212b

Senior Thesis I, ECO 491b

Senior Thesis II, ECO 492b

Research Interests

Monetary policy

Financial imperfections

Trade credit

Banking and currency crises, and coordination and specialization

Money and banking

Macroeconomics

Microeconomics

Quantitative methods

International finance

International trade

Corporate finance

Macroeconomics of development

Economics for decision makers

Public finance

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Email Degree Ph.D. Economics University of Minnesota
Courses

Principles of Macroeconomics

Principles of Macroeconomics

Topics in Advanced Macroeconomics: Economics of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Senior Thesis I

Senior Thesis II

Research Interests

Macroeconomics

Growth and Development

Public Economics

Informal Sector

Applied Economics

Economics of COVID-19

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Email Degree Ph.D., History and Civilization, European University Institute Florence, Italy
Courses

Economic History , ECO 222a

Global History to 1500, HTY 101a

Early Modern Europe, HTY 212a

Economic History, HTY 314a

Research Interests

The Europeanness of East Europe

Communism in East Europe in its European context

Socio-economic and socio-cultural developments in East Europe

Minorities in East Europe

History of Europe, esp. East and Southeast Europe

History of the post-socialist era in Eastern Europe.

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Email Degree Ph.D., Economics, University of Kansas
Courses

Intermediate Microeconomics, ECO 301a

Intermediate Microeconomics, ECO 301b

Energy Economics, ECO 411a

Senior Thesis I, ECO 491d

Senior Thesis II, ECO 492d

Research Interests

Business environmental behavior

Entrepreneurship and firm formation

Alternative fuels

Labor economics

Microeconomics

Industrial organization

Econometrics

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Email Degree Ph.D., Economics, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
Courses

Econometrics, ECO 310a

Time Series Econometrics, ECO 405a

Senior Thesis I, ECO 491a

Senior Thesis II, ECO 492a

Managerial Economics (Executive MBA)

Research Interests

Credit markets

Business cycles

Monetary policy

Asymmetric information

Bulgarian banking

Monetary policy in the Euro zone

European Economic Integration and European Enlargement

Econometrics

Advanced Macroeconomics (micro foundations of macroeconomics)

Economics of Reform and Transition

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Courses

Advanced Topics: Topics in Empirical Asset Pricing, ECO 404a

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