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Yu Hung Yaow

Visiting Instructor in Economics

yyaow@bates.edu

Current Courses

Fall Semester 2026

Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

ECON 260

Compares models of perfect competition and market failure, with emphasis on the consequences for efficiency and equity. Topics include consumer choice, firm behavior, markets for goods and inputs, choice over time, monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, externalities, and public goods. Recom…

Labor Economics

ECON 331

A study of human resources and the labor market. Topics include racial and sexual discrimination, theories of unemployment and job search, income distribution and poverty, Becker's new household economics, unions and collective bargaining, and government intervention in the labor market. Prerequisit…