Seminar (ECON 493)
  • ECON 493 Syllabus
  • Readings:
    • Akerlof, George A., The Market for “Lemons”: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism, Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 1970, 84:3, 488-500.
    • Arrow, Kenneth J., A Difficulty in the Concept of Social Welfare, Journal of Political Economy, August 1950, 58:4, 328-346.
    • Becker, Gary S., Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach, Journal of Political Economy, March-April 1968, 76:2, 169-217.
    • Berry, Steven, Levinsohn, James and Pakes, Ariel, Automobile Prices in Market Equilibrium, Econometrica, July 1995, 63:4, 841-890.
    • Black, Fischer and Scholes, Myron, The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities, Journal of Political Economy, May-June 1973, 81:3, 637-654.
    • Card, David and Krueger, Alan B., Does School Quality Matter? Returns to Education and the Characteristics of Public Schools in the United States, Journal of Political Economy, February 1992, 100:1 , 1-40.
    • Ellsberg, Daniel, Risk, Ambiguity, and the Savage Axioms, Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 1961, 75:4, 643-669.
    • Evans, David S. and Heckman, James J., A Test for Subadditivity of the Cost Function with an Application to the Bell System, American Economic Review, September 1984, 74:4, 615-623.
    • Gale, David and Shapley, Lloyd S., College Admissions and the Stability of Marriage, The American Mathematical Monthly, January 1962, 69:1, 9-15.
    • Hadar, Josef and Russell, William R.,Rules for Ordering Uncertain Prospects, American Economic Review, 1969, 59:1, 25-34.
    • Kahneman, Daniel and Tversky, Amos, Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk, Econometrica, March 1979, 47:2, 263-292.
    • Markowitz, Harry, Portfolio Selection, Journal of Finance, March 1952, 7:1, 77-91.
    • Nunn, Nathan and Wantchekon, Leonard, The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa, American Economic Review, December 2011, 101:7, 3221-3252.
    • Rust, John, Optimal Replacement of GMC Bus Engines: An Empirical Model of Harold Zurcher, Econometrica, September 1987, 55:5, 999-1033.
    • Shapiro, Carl and Stiglitz, Joseph E., Equilibrium Unemployment as a Worker Discipline Device, American Economic Review, June 1984, 74:3, 433-444.
    • Siow, Aloysius, Differntial Fecundity, Markets, and Gender Roles, Journal of Political Economy, April 1998, 106:2, 334-354.
    • Solow, Robert M.,Technical Change and the Aggregate Production Function, Review of Economics and Statistics, August 1957, 39:3, 312-320.
    • Spence, Michael,Job Market Signaling, Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 1973, 87:3, 355-374.