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14.773  Political Econ: Insts & Dev

Spring 2015

Instructors: Daron Acemoglu, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Benjamin A Olken

TA: German Sergio Gieczewski

Lecture:  TR10.30-12  (E18-202)
Recitation:  F4-5.30  (E17-136)      

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Announcements

Office Hours

Hi all,

Just a heads up that we can arrange office hours for tomorrow (or even today, if you're taking the PE general) in case you have questions before the exam. Send me an email and we can arrange a time

Best
Germán

Announced on 17 May 2015  11:17  a.m. by German Sergio Gieczewski

Recitation 12

Hi all,

Today we'll have a review session as our last recitation. I can go over topics you have questions on--if you have long/involved questions you can let me know in advance so I can prepare

Best
Germán

Announced on 15 May 2015  10:16  a.m. by German Sergio Gieczewski

Recitation 11

Hi all,

Today in recitation we'll talk about the relationship between politicians and firms. We'll review Shleifer and Vishny (1994) (which was featured in problem set 5) and talk about Bertrand, Kramarz, Schoar and Thesmar (2005) which looks at evidence from French firms.

Best
Germán

Announced on 08 May 2015  12:21  p.m. by German Sergio Gieczewski

Problem Set 5

Hi all,

Problem Set 5 has been posted. It is due on May 8 (this Friday) at midnight. Sorry for the late posting - on the bright side, it's relatively short.

Enjoy!
Germán

Announced on 04 May 2015  8:41  p.m. by German Sergio Gieczewski

Recitation 10

Hi all,

Today in recitation we'll talk about theory and empirics on strategic voting. In particular I'll cover Palfrey and Rosenthal (1985) and Coate, Conlin and Moro (2008) in more detail.

Best
Germán

Announced on 01 May 2015  1:43  p.m. by German Sergio Gieczewski

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