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Texts


Amazon logo Johnston, John. Econometric Methods. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1971. ISBN: 0070326797.

Amazon logo McCloskey, Donald N. The Writing of Economics. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1986. ISBN: 0023795204.

Amazon logo Neugeboren, Robert H. Students Guide to Writing Economics. New York, NY: Routledge, 2005. ISBN: 0415701228.

Amazon logo Pindyck, Robert S., and Daniel L. Rubinfeld. Econometric Models and Economic Forecasts. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN: 0070502080.

Amazon logo Strunk, William Jr., and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. Boston, MA: Longman, 1999. ISBN: 020530902X.

Amazon logo Thomson, William. A Guide for the Young Economist. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001. ISBN: 0262700794.



Readings by Weekly Session


Note: * indicates that you should read the paper on your own prior to class.

WEEK #TOPICSREADINGS
1Course Introduction

Lecture

Causation and Randomized Experiments
Ashenfelter, Orley. "The Case for Evaluating Training Programs with Randomized Trials." Economics of Education Review 6, no. 4 (1987): 333-8.

*Amazon logo Cook, R. Dennis. "Smoking and Lung Cancer." In R. A. Fisher: An Appreciation. Edited by S. Fienberg, and D. Hinkley. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1980, pp. 182-191. ISBN: 354090476X.

Amazon logo Cook, Thomas D., and Donald T. Campbell. "Causal Inference and the Language of Experimentation." Chapter 1 in Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1979, pp. 1-36. ISBN: 0395307902.

*Freedman, David A. "Statistical Models and Shoe Leather." Sociological Methodology 21 (1991): 291-313.

*Holland, Paul W. "Statistics and Causal Inference." Journal of the American Statistical Association 81 (December 1986): 945-960.

*Woodbury, Stephen A., and Robert G. Spiegelman. "Bonuses to Workers and Employers to Reduce Unemployment: Randomized Trials in Illinois." American Economic Review 77, no. 4 (1987): 513-530.
2STATA Review
3Lecture and Discussion

Elements of a Good Economics Paper

Assembly of Research Teams
Handout of "Guidelines for Writing an Empirical Paper."

*Chay, Kenneth, and Michael Greenstone. "Air Quality, Infant Mortality and the Clean Air Act of 1970." NBER Working Paper #10053, 2003.
4Workshop

Oral Presentation of Paper Ideas by Research Teams

Class Discussion
Student preliminary papers.
5Workshop

Oral Presentation of Paper Ideas by Research Teams

Class Discussion (cont.)
Student preliminary papers.
6Workshop

Oral Presentation of Research Plans by Research Teams

Class Discussion (cont.)
Student preliminary papers.
7Workshop

Oral Presentation of Research Plans by Research Teams

Class Discussion (cont.)
Student preliminary papers.
8Workshop

Project Discussion and Questions
Student preliminary papers.
9Workshop

Project Discussion and Questions (cont.)
Student preliminary papers.
10Workshop

First Draft Paper Feedback
Student preliminary papers.
11Workshop

First Draft Paper Feedback (cont.)
Student preliminary papers.
12Workshop

Paper Rewrites
Student preliminary papers.
13Last ClassStudent preliminary papers.

 








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