Feb. 2015

Welcome to the Institutional Economics class website for the Spring 2015 semester. You can find the DRAFT syllabus here. The class starts on 2 Feb. 2015, and runs till May 23. It is your responsibility to be up to date with the material covered, and with possible changes in the schedule. Yours,

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.
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: How to Do Independent Research in Economics?
Lecture 9: Spring (Easter) break. Do not forget your term paper deadline: April 9!
Lecture 10: Term paper feedback session. Next steps.
Lecture 11: Origin, Persistence and Institutional Change
Lecture 12-13: Student presentations. Peer reviews.
Lecture 14: Recap, student evaluations and preliminary final exam.
Lecture 15: May 21, university holiday.


Office hours: Fri. 14:00-15:00. Open door policy.