Projects

"Fertility and Education Choice with Non-Altruistic Parents" 
     To be presented at the WEA Annual Meeting, June 2000.

"Status Distortions in Group Problem Solving Sessions" 

"Income Inequality, Fertility Choice, and Economic Growth" 
     Harvard Institute for International Development - Discussion Paper 
     # 687, March 1999.
 

FB 2400: Introduction to Economics

Course Overview:
Economics is the study of how individuals and the society as a whole interact to produce and distribute scarce resources.  It looks at the way that we choose what to produce, how to produce it, and how to distribute what we produce.

This course is divided into two parts, Semester A, Microeconomics, will look at how individuals behave and interact with each other. Semester B, Macroeconomics, will look at the economy as a whole, at issues like unemployment, inflation, and recession.  And it will study how government policy can affect the economy.
 

Required Text:

Principles of Economics, by N. Gregory Mankiw, Dryden Press, 1997.
Student Resources Website (Practice Exercises, Tutorials, Tests):
 http://www.harcourtcollege.com/econ/mankiw/
 

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EF 3441: Intermediate Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics is the study of the aggregate economy, the economy as a whole.  The study of macroeconomics, allows the government to decide what its economic policy should be, and allows businesses to estimate the effect of government policy on the business environment.  Macroeconomic  questions include: What affects the growth rate of the Gross National Product?  Does increasing tariff protection improve the balance of trade?  What can the government do to affect the unemployment rate?  What causes inflation?  These and other questions will be addressed in the course.

Required Text:
Macroeconomics, 3rd Edition, by N. Gregory Mankiw, Worth Publishers, 1997.
 

     Lecture Notes:

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