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ECONOMICS
1.0 TEACHING AND RESEARCH 1.1
Mission and emphases of the departmentThe Department of Economics at Syracuse
University has a national reputation of excellence in applied Microeconomic Research
and Analysis of Public Policies. Undergraduate (B.A., B.S.) as well
as graduate degrees (M.A., Ph.D.) are offered. Many members of the department
have received public recognition for their work. As a group, they have held economic
policy positions in government; served as consultants to business, governments,
and international organizations; are editors of leading academic journals; and
the recipients of numerous recognitions and honors. Students benefit as well from
the insights and policy-oriented perspectives these experiences bring to the classroom.
1.2 Faculty research A brief description
of individual faculty member's specific research interests is available at the
departmental website, http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/econ/faculty.htm
1.3 Graduate program The graduate program
in economics reflects the Department's focus on research in labor economics, public
economics, international trade, and urban/regional economics. Graduates from the
Master of Arts program lead a wide variety of careers in business and government,
including management, consulting, research and policy analysis. The program emphasizes
the simultaneous development of a strong grounding in economic concepts and the
rigorous application of theory to applied, policy-oriented settings. The Ph.D.
in economics at Syracuse is a research-oriented degree, designed for those who
want to do applied economics in higher education, government, international agencies,
independent research organizations, or private businesses with a substantial research
mission. Emerging graduate students should have had at least a year of calculus,
a course in mathematical statistics, and a course in linear algebra. In their
class work, Ph.D. students take a course in mathematical economics, three courses
in microeconomic theory, two courses in macroeconomic theory, three to four courses
in econometrics, fulfill the requirements in two applied fields, as well as breadth
requirements and electives, totaling 51 credit hours. Counting dissertation hours,
the total number of credits in the Ph.D. program is 72 hours.
1.4
Undergraduate program Undergraduates may earn either a B.A. degree or a B.S.
degree, benefit from an active economics club, receive excellent advising, and
are eligible for Omicron Delta Epsilon (an honors society) and awards for academic
distinction.
2.0 SUBJECT DESCRIPTION AND GUIDELINES
back to top2.1 Subject
definitionThe study of economics at Syracuse University is exemplified by
a focus on applied microeconomic research and analysis of public policies. The
aim of the Syracuse University Library collection in economics is to support current
and anticipated needs for instruction and research within the economics department.
In this regard, the building of a useful collection of information through the
selection of appropriate monographs, serials, periodicals, conference proceedings,
statistical datasets, audiovisual media and other published information is designed
to meet current needs of students and faculty, as well as anticipate growth and
change within the economics field and department. Several important
subject selector "balancing" criteria are crucial to accomplishing such collection
development, given the faculty research interests stated above, acquisitions funds
available during a given fiscal period, and the high volume, and high per unit
cost, of publications in the field and related disciplines. As pertains to selection
and preservation of library resources, among the more important of these include
the need to strike a balance between: - selecting new resources to
meet current needs while also insuring that access to previously acquired resources
endures.
- support of research and teaching interests of new faculty - while
also continuing to support long-standing research needs of more senior faculty
in the department.
- The acquisition of resources useful to advanced economics
scholars (i.e., graduate students and faculty) while also developing a collection
appropriate for undergraduates majoring (or minoring) in this subject area.
- The acquisition of resources in traditional print form as well as those offered
via newer, electronic, audiovisual and web-based formats.
- The acquisition
of resources that embody various methodologies, styles of subject matter treatment
and organizational format (for instance, this includes but is not necessarily
limited to: selection of primary as well as secondary literature, case studies,
single author works as well as collections by multiple authors, government documents
resources and statistical compilations, qualitative as well as quantitative methodologies,
historical treatment as well as current research, journalistic sources for current
domestic and international news reports, theoretical essays as well as more strictly
social scientific reports, and appropriate selection of tertiary reference sources
such as relevant encyclopedic works, indexes, bibliographies, scholarly literature
reviews, web portals (free and fee-based) and online databases).
2.2
Subject scope Subject emphases include:
*see also, faculty research
interests-1.2 |
Applied Microeconomics Computable General Equilibrium Decision
Theory Development Economics Econometrics Economic
Development Economic Education Economic History Economics
and Gender Economics of Aging Environmental Economics Health
Economics Housing Economics Human Resource Economics Industrial
Economics International Economics | Labor Demography
Labor Economics Macroeconomics Microeconomic Theory Monetary
Economics and Policy Political Economy Poverty and Income Distribution
Public Economics/Public Finance Real Estate Finance Risk Management Social
Choice Social Insurance State and Local Government Finance Taxation
Urban Economics | 3.0
SPECIAL INFORMATION NEEDS AND RESOURCES back to top3.1 Special
information needs of those working in this subject area.General: Special
needs include, but are not necessarily limited to: An interest in primary sources
of statistical data, interest in web-based delivery of academic journals and statistical
datasets, interest in access to appropriate tertiary indexes relevant to the field
(e.g., ECONLIT, ABI/Inform, etc.).
Key Electronic Journal Collections
(a partial list):
Berkeley Electronic Press Journals: A university
based scholarly publishing initiative offering low cost packages of journal titles
that address economic analysis & policy as well as theoretical economics. Blackwell
Synergy: Provides access to 250 interdisciplinary journals. JSTOR:
(short for Journal Storage) is an archive of scholarly publications in business,
economics, mathematics, science, and the social sciences, providing full text
articles online. Springer Link: Provides 1250 full text titles in
science, technology, medicine, economics and law. Oxford University Press:
Provides full text access to over 150 interdisciplinary titles. Project
Muse: Offers full text of over 100 journals in the humanities and social sciences.
3.2 Special collections or noteworthy resources
in the field SU Library's Department of Social Sciences & Area
Studies Services offers: The maps and government information collection,
which consists of government publications and maps, largely from the Library's
U.S. depository program, begun in 1878. The Library currently selects 70% of all
documents available to U.S. Depository Libraries. Information includes U.S. Census
data and reports, legislative indexes, international statistical data, New York
State depository materials since 1951, Documents from the Council of Europe, United
Nations, Great Britain, Canada and Selected items from Onondaga County and the
city of Syracuse. The department also contains an extensive collection of maps
and atlases and web-based links to numerous additional New York State, Onondaga
County and City of Syracuse resources. Geographic Information Systems:
As part of the maps and government information ("MGI") collection,
A GIS/Map Librarian is available to assist researchers with use of mapping applications
relevant to economic analysis (e.g., property assessment, economic development
mapping, geographic distribution for government benefits payments, etc.). In particular,
these services include access to the Library's G-SIC-"Geographic and Statistical
Information Center," a GIS and numeric data services computer lab, located on
the 3rd floor of E.S. Bird Library.
Visit the MGI site at: http://library.syr.edu/information/mgi/index.html Numeric
Data Services: A Numeric Data Services Librarian is available to assist
researchers with locating and analyzing data, with data management and analysis,
use of statistical software (e.g., SAS, Stata, SPSS), advice on research methods,
study design, and questionnaire construction and related consultation. Services
also include a web-based menu of data resources (e.g., The University Library
offers on-campus and remote access to statistical datasets from the University
of Michigan's Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research.).
Visit
the Numeric Data Services site at http://library.syr.edu/information/mgi/nds/index.html
The Maxwell School's "Center
for Policy Research" also houses: A resource library available to economics
students and faculty, containing a number of items pertinent to that center's
activities in the areas of: aging, disability, social welfare, and income security
policy; domestic urban and regional issues; and public finance; particularly education
finance.
3.3 Endowment funds or special funding
arrangements The "Center for European Studies" at the Maxwell School's Daniel
Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs receives U.S. Department of Education
monies that include funding for Syracuse University Library acquisitions pertinent
to Europe, including the economic affairs of that region.
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TYPES OF MATERIALS back to top4.1 Priorities
for types of materials Priority is determined based on preferences expressed
by the economics department, its faculty and students, as well as the judgment
of the library subject specialist working in this area, and, as necessary, choices
made in conjunction with related subject specialist librarian colleagues, the
Associate University Librarian for Collection Development and the Library's Chief
Bibliographer.
4.2 Format Multiple formats
are considered. There is a continuing trend toward web-based resources. Much of
the maps and government document information pertinent to economic analysis is
selected via the library's maps and government documents department, inclusive
of that department's government document depository relationship with the U.S.
federal government, New York State government and other governments, as well as
international organizations.
4.3 Geographical
guidelines All geographies are considered. However, selection of resources
involving the economics of Latin America, Asia and Africa is often carried out
by library subject specialists with collection development responsibility for
these specific regions.
4.4 Language guidelinesPrimarily
English. The evaluation of proposals for expanding collection of non-English language
categories involves assessment of the capacity of the Library's staff and non-staff
resources for cataloging and otherwise making accessible these items.
4.5
Chronological guidelines All time periods are considered, particularly regarding
coverage of topics relevant to economic history, but there is a general emphasis
on the current time period (i.e., the 20th century and beyond).
4.6
Historical CoverageSee 4.5 above. 5.0 PRINCIPAL LIBRARY
OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATIONS back to top HB-HD, HF-HG, HJ, HX
6.0
RELATED COLLECTION POLICIES back to topAfrica/African-American Studies
Asian Studies History International Relations Latin
American Studies Management Political Science Public Administration
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