Stankov

Here's a collection of class materials. Changes may come on a weekly basis so check back regularly:
Lecture 0: Course Preliminaries
Lecture 1: What are Institutions? Why and How Institutions Matter?
Lecture 2: Property Rights: The Classic Works
Lecture 3: Property Rights: Further Studies
Lecture 4: A Practice Class on Institutional Analysis by Using STATA. The .do file from today.
Lecture 5: A Practice Class on Institutional Analysis by Using STATA (2). The updated .do file and the resource rents .dta file from today.
Lecture 6: Institutions and Growth: Part 1: Macro-level studies. From now on, all Lectures on Wednesday, 16:00 in room 4026.
Lecture 7: Institutions and Growth: Part 2: Do Countries Grow Similarly after Similar Reforms? slides .
Lecture 7: Institutions and Growth: Part 3: Why Some Countries Grow Differently after Identical Reforms? slides .
Lecture 8: Term-paper workshop
Lecture 9: Before-Easter lecture: The business environment in Egypt before and after the civil conflicts. Guest lecture by Haidy Hewidy (AIESEC World University Project). Also in this lecture: A term paper feedback session. Next steps.
Lecture 10: Spring break
Lecture 11: Origin, Persistence and Institutional Change
Lecture 12-13: Student presentations. Please read the rules and the schedule carefully.
Lecture 14: Recap, student evaluations and preliminary final exam.
Lecture 15: May 21, university holiday.

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