14.003/14.03  Microecon Theory & Public Pol

Hi, 14.03ers,

I have submitted your grade sheet and they are now online.  All in all, I was pretty happy with how people did in the class.  Here are the cutoffs and counts for each letter grade:

A - 90% - 17 (32%)
B - 80% - 21 (40%)
C - 70% - 11 (20%)
D - 60% - 2 (4%)
F - 2 (4%)

The grade distribution was typical for 14.03.  I did not assign pluses or minuses (save one exception). I hope everyone has a great summer, and if you are ever in E52's vicinity, please stop by and say hello!

Best,
Prof. Ryan

At Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park, Pa., where 30,000 emergency patients are treated annually, emergency chief Gregory Cuculino says maintaining electronic medical records has had an unexpected downside: Staffers type information into the system but don't verbally communicate with each other. "Huddles allow everyone to go over the case, so if someone says, 'Mrs. Smith in room four looks good,' the nurse has a chance to say, 'She just threw up again,' " says Dr. Cuculino.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703859304576307060330715004.html

Timely and relevant to today's discussion about rain and insurance in Kenya:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/doing-more-than-praying-for-rain/?hp

Please read Hunt Allcott's paper on social norms and electricity demand for Thursday: paper.  Guest professor Mar Reguant will be leading a discussion of large-scale experiments in electricity, of which Allcott is a good example.

See you all on Thursday!

Best,
Prof. Ryan

Hi, 14.03ers,

Please read the following paper for Tuesday: Can Healthcare IT Save Babies by Amalia Miller and Catherine Tucker.  We will have a discussion of this paper during class.

I am also happy to report that we will have a guest lecturer on Thursday.  Mar Reguant, an assistant professor at Stanford GSB, will be talking to us about a large-scale economics experiments in electricity markets.

Have an awesome weekend, and I look forward to seeing you all next week.

Best,
Prof. Ryan