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: Term-paper workshop: How to Do Independent Research in Economics?
Lecture 7: Institutions and Growth: Part 1: Macro-level studies.
Lecture 8: Institutions and Growth: Part 2: Do Countries Grow Similarly after Similar Reforms? slides .
Lecture 9: Institutions and Growth: Part 3: Why Some Countries Grow Differently after Identical Reforms? slides .
Lecture 10: Do not forget your term project deadline: Friday, April 15, by email!
Lecture 11: Origin, Persistence and Institutional Change
Lecture 12: Term paper feedback session. Next steps.
Lecture 13-14: Student presentations. Peer reviews.
Lecture 15: Recap, student evaluations.

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