LAW & ECONOMICS

Course Requirements & Grading

The prerequisite for this course is Microeconomic Analysis  & Econometrics (Economics 201& Economics 203).

Your grade in the course will depend upon:

  1. The grade you receive on the Assignments.
  1. The quality and effectiveness of your Final Presentation and all supporting materials (e.g., handouts, referecnes, graphics, statistical analyses)

Remember that you should try to use as much quantitative material in your Final Presentation as possible. For you quantitative analyses, you should use either the methods you learned in Econ103 & Econ203 (including graphics), cost-effectiveness analysis or benefit-cost analysis. See "Econ325 Economics..PubSectorCH11-Stiglitz" on E-Reserve for a discussion of benefit-costs analysis You may also use microeconomic analysis (e.g., supply & demand analysis) and analytic (not merely descriptive) literature surveys for your final paper.

  1. The grade you receive for class participation, and assignments during the course of the semester. Your first assignment is due on Monday, September 20.  

At the end of the semester your grade will be figured in the following two ways:

ITEM WEIGHT

Class Participation -------------------------------->15%  

Written Assignments ----------------------------->35%  

Class Presentations --------------------------------> 15%  

Commentator/Advisor Presentations ----------------------->10%

Final  Presentation ----->25% 

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