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Income Inequality Health Insurance Ridge Regression Graduate MACRO INTRO intro lecture notes email me |
Objectives of this Course This course has two sets of objectives: practical and academic. The academic objectives aim to explain the tradeoffs listed above. The practical objectives aim to teach you how to apply mathematics and econometrics to economic problems. Specifically, I hope that this course develops your logical thinking skills, enables you to apply mathematics to economic problems and teaches you how to test the theoretical relationships between dependent and independent variables.
Your final grade will be determined by a weighted average of a mid-term exam (35 percent), a final exam (45 percent) and the quality of your class participation (20 percent). The exams will require your to write short essays on the course material. In evaluating the quality of your class participation, I will consider: Saying "I don't understand" and explaining what you don't understand and why you don't understand it is one of the most intelligent things you can do. It demonstrates curiosity and interest in the course material. By contrast, sitting in silence when you don't understand is one of the dumbest things you can do. |