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14.74/14.740  Foundations: Dev Policy

Spring 2015

Instructors: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Benjamin A Olken

TA: Ashish Shenoy

Lecture:  MW1-2.30  (E51-395)        

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Final Exams Graded

Dear students,

Your final exam scores have been uploaded to the course website. To see you exam, please schedule some time with Annie Weiss (anniew@mit.edu) in E53-311. We request that you leave the exam books with her when you are done viewing them. Graded PS6 should be available in my folder in the lobby of E17 2nd floor in the next few days.

Thanks for a great semester, and have a wonderful summer!

Cheers,
Ashish

Announced on 26 May 2015  4:43  p.m. by Ashish Shenoy

Sample Exams Posted

Dear students,

A couple sample final exams have been posted to the course website. These are from other courses so the material may not be familiar to you, but they will give you an idea of the format.

Cheers,
Ashish

Announced on 15 May 2015  10:05  a.m. by Ashish Shenoy

Sample Exams Posted

Dear students,

A couple sample final exams have been posted to the course website. These are from other courses so the material may not be familiar to you, but they will give you an idea of the format.

Cheers,
Ashish

Announced on 15 May 2015  10:05  a.m. by Ashish Shenoy

Recitation Tommorrow

Dear students,

Since tomorrow is the final recitation, I will attempt to provide an overview of the topics covered in the course. The final will be cumulative, though likely weighted toward the second half. It will be most useful if you come prepared with questions.

Cheers,
Ashish

Announced on 08 May 2015  12:08  a.m. by Ashish Shenoy

PS6 Q2

Dear students,

In question 2 of the problem set, n represents the population size. The algebra gets pretty messy for the derivative of e and m with respect to n. You don't need to give a full characterization of the parameter values where e and m are increasing/decreasing in n; just a general statement or two explaining the ambiguity or parts of the parameter space where it's unambiguous is fine.

Cheers,
Ashish

Announced on 07 May 2015  9:41  a.m. by Ashish Shenoy

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