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◄Faculty of Business and Economics►

AA017011 ECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES
3 Credits

Course Learning At the end of the course, the students are able to:
Outcomes
(1) Relate economic theory and innovative statistical
techniques to judge effectiveness and outcomes of
policies.
(2) Design better judgement about choice of the data and
theory that should matter in individual policy examples.
(3) Develop well-argued written analyses of the issues
studied, with a balanced mix of theory and empirical
evidence.

Synopsis of Course This course focuses on contemporary policy issues, with
Contents real-world policy examples drawn from Malaysia and other
major economies. The main goal is to let students explore
how economic theory and evidence is used to analyse real-
world policy issues. The topics are taken from the
conventional policy areas, such as labour market regulation,
training provisions, welfare, education and economic growth.
New and unconventional issues, that receive little attention
in textbooks, will be also covered, for example political
economy of economic policy making. This course also
includes two policy debate sessions will be moderated by
officials from the relevant government departments.

Assessment Weightage Continuous Assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%

Medium of Instruction English

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