Economics (14) - Archived: Recent submissions

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    • 14.771 Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models, Fall 2008 

      Olken, Benjamin; Duflo, Esther; Banerjee, Abhijit (2008-12)
      Topics include productivity effects of health, private and social returns to education, education quality, education policy and market equilibrium, gender discrimination, public finance, decision making within families, ...

    • 14.23 Government Regulation of Industry, Spring 2003 

      Pollitt, Michael (2003-06)
      The objective of this course is to introduce you to the role of government in markets where competitive equilibria “fail.” In this course we will emphasize the importance of market structure and industrial ...

    • 14.127 Behavioral Economics and Finance, Spring 2004 

      Gabaix, Xavier (2004-06)
      This course surveys research which incorporates psychological evidence into economics. Topics include: prospect theory, biases in probabilistic judgment, self-control and mental accounting with implications for consumption ...