PAI 300 Economics for Policy Analysis

Spring 2023

General Information About the Course

General Information, Textbook, Software, and Requirements: General information you may need at the beginning of the semester.
Course Outline: The list of the topics to be covered in class this semester including links to optional exercises.
Materials from Class: Copies of handouts, daily exercises, and other materials from class sessions.

Announcements

Jan 19	The tentative dates of the flash talks are 2/23, 3/30 and 4/27.
Jan 17	There will be no class on Tuesday 1/24. Weekly 1 is still due on Teams.
Jan 17	Welcome!

Daily Assignments

Daily 1: Background information	In class 1/17
Daily 2: Adverse Selection in Health Insurance	In class 1/19
Daily 3: Waiver Market Bids	In class 1/19
Daily 4: Waiver Market Analysis	In class 1/26
Daily 5: Waiver Bids Round 2	In class 1/26

Weekly Assignments

Weekly 1: Math Refresher

Due Tue 1/24

Weekly Solutions

Weekly 1 Solution

Optional Exercises

The exercises available from the links below are also available through the "Course Outline" page under individual topics. That's probably a better way to get to them. They're listed here as well in case that's convenient.

Economic Skills Project: Exercises with detailed explanations and some videos.
Five Minute Exercises: Very short practice exercises designed to be done in 5 minutes or so.
Supplementary Exercises: Other exercises you may want to do to help understand the material.

Other Resources

Downloading Data Files from the Class Google Drive: How to avoid data corruption.
Math Quick Reference Guide: Quick reference on key math concepts used in the class.
Notation: A quick reference list of names, abbreviations and symbols.
Excel Certification: Maxwell and Arts and Sciences sponsor a free Excel Certification program.
Khan Academy Module on Factoring: Very handy if you're rusty on factoring algebraic expressions.

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