The application of econometric methods to financial markets is now commonplace and, in many cases, has become indispensable. Virtually every practical implementation of quantitative models requires some form of econometric modeling and statistical inference, hence the well-trained financial...

Possible topics: - Liberalization - Electronic competition to mail and express carriers labor economics - Service quality, reliability and pricing issues - Transition from monopoly to competition - Productivity issues - Financial viability and agency problems - Privatization, and...