MICROECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT
ARE 251 / Economics 270A
Fall 2009
Department of Economics
Department of Agricultural and Resource
Economics
at the University of California
at Berkeley
Tu-Th: 3:30-5:00 pm, 2319 Tolman
This course is the second part of the Development sequence.
It addresses issues in the microeconomics of development. For the first part taught by Ethan Ligon, go to this
web site
Announcements:
The reading list is periodically updated to include all the articles that
I have cited and used in class.
Final exam is on TUESDAY DECEMBER 8, in class. Closed book exam. The
material for the exam consists in class notes and assigned readings. Previous
years' exams for material related to this portion of the course:
2009 exam.
2008 exam.
Instructor: Elisabeth Sadoulet ,
Office hours: Giannini Hall 213, Friday 5:00-5:45pm; esadoulet@berkeley.edu
Syllabus and Readings:
Syllabus
Reading list - 2nd half-semester (periodically updated):
html file with links to papers
Reading
assignments
Assignments:
- Assignment #3, due Tuesday November 3, in class: Production decisions under credit constraint.
Text
- Assignment #4, due Thursday November 19, in class: Correlated risk in joint liability models
Text
Links to the Development field:
Development
field web page in ARE
Development seminar, Fall 2009 , Monday, 4:00-5:30 pm, 608-7 Evans
Development lunch Tuesday 12:30-1:30, Room 608-7 Evans
Last update: October, 2009