Introduction to Economic Analysis
Fall 2013
Jeffrey Parker, Reed College
Economics humbles its practitioners both in their optimism and in their doubts. The experience of being disastrously wrong is salutory; no economist should be denied it, and not many are.
- John Kenneth Galbraith
Class News
- [12/31/13] For your New Year's enjoyment: Widgets!
- [12/3/13] Group assignments for the Group Research Project are now posted. You may begin your research immediately. Be sure to consult with the instructor if that would be beneficial.
- [11/26/13] Topic options for the Group Research Project are now posted. You should respond in Moodle with your preferences about topics and partners before the end of Monday, December 2.
- [11/26/13] Problem Set #8, due Wednesday, December 4, is now posted.
- [11/25/13] Suggested study problems (with answers at the end of the book) from the later chapters of Goolsbee's text:
- Chapter 13: 10 and 12
- Chapter 14: 15, 17, and 19
- Chapter 15: 6, 18, and 19
- Chapter 16: 4, 14, and 16
- [11/19/13] Problem Set #7 is now posted. It is due in class on Wednesday, November 27.
- [10/28/13] The coded grade file has been updated through the midterm exam.
- [10/14/13] Suggested study problems (with answers in the back of the book) for Chapters 9 and 10:
- Chapter 9: 4, 9, 10, and 16
- Chapter 10: 1, 5, 9, 15, and 17.
- [10/8/13] Solutions for the dairy-farms input case are now posted.
- [10/7/13] The final exam schedule has been released. The exam for this course is Wednesday, December 18, 8am to noon.
- [9/19/13] Slides from the in-class presentation of the results of the double-oral auction experiment are now posted.
- Note that this Web site applies only to the Monday/Wednesday/Friday section taught by Jeff Parker. Professor Clausing's Tuesday/Thursday sections will have a different schedule, assignments, etc.