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Course Schedule:
The schedule will adapt as we arrange for speakers. The current version will be posted online, at
http://nanonomics.jot.com/418
Week 1:
Class intro.
Speaker: Terry McDonald, Director of St Vincent de Paul
Week 2:
Reading: Ch 1, 2, 3 in Greenlaw.
Assignment: (Due at beginning of class.) Project summary. Read one paper from a previous year’s group, available online at http://economics.uoregon.edu/honors Write a single spaced one page abstract of the project. This should have 3 paragraphs, on the research question, the methodology, and the results.
Lecture: Bruce on how to write an economics research paper. BCA reading assigned.
Speaker: Priscilla Gould, United Way of Lane County.
Week 3:
Lecture: Bill’s one hour version of Cost Benefit Analysis. BCA assignment given out, due at beginning of class week 4.
Speaker: Scott Spettel, EWEB
Week 4:
Chris Nystrom
Breakout session for the independent research students – private meetings scheduled with Bill and Bruce.
Week 5:
Tim Duy
Bruce’s Stata workshop, assignment given out.
Week 6:
Stata homework due. Assign group topics.
Week 7:
Draft research proposal. Write up a 2 page research proposal. Specify research question, methodology, data sources, relevant literature. We will get these back to you by Sunday.
Week 8:
In class presentations.
Week 9:
In class presentations.
Week 10:
In class presentations. Your 5-10 page proposals are due Fri of finals week.
Tim:
Model to forecast LTD payroll tax revenue.
