Admissions to program have been suspended.
Regulatory economics is one of the traditional fields in economics. Regulatory economics includes both the health effects from certain occupations and the effect of inflation on electricity prices as part of its field of study. Many of these regulations are administered by state government, e.g. gas and electricity prices, telephone prices, cable-TV.
This program will provide needed training for professionals (especially attorneys, engineers, and accountants) employed by the New York State Public Service Commission and other agencies (e.g., the Office of Energy, Department of Environmental Conservation). The courses initiated by the program will serve also as an additional specialization available to students in the Economics M.A. program; M.A. students specializing in other fields of Economics will have the opportunity to broaden their expertise by qualifying for the Certificate as well as the M.A. degree. The same opportunity holds, of course, for other graduate students (e.g., those in Public Administration and the School of Business).
Program of Study
The program requires four specific courses in Economics: