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Microeconomics II (May 2012)

Social Multiplier

Social Preferences

Microeconomics Ch1&Preface&ToC

Papers for Student presentations adv micro2011

Reading list and course outline

Discussion questions

errata in Bowles' Microeconomics

Readings:

Walrasian Economics in Retrospect

History, Institutions and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India

Long Term Persistence

The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa

A Fine is a Price

An-arrgh-chy: The Law and Economics of Pirate Organization

Antisocial Punishment - Across Societies

Cultural Beliefs and the Organization of Society. A Historical and Theoretical Reflection on Collectivitst and Individualist Societies

The nature of human altruism

A Theory of  the Islamic Revival

Real wealth and experimental cooperation: experiments in the field lab

The Revenge of Homo Economicus: Contested Exchange and the Revival of Political Economy

Incentive-Enhancing Preferences: Personality, Behavior, and Earnings

In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies

Lectures

Capitalism and microeconomics

Institutions and Games

Evolutionary dynamics

Evolution of institution

Culture and behavior

Non-market social interactions and coordination failures

Bargaining

Social Preferences

Endogenous preferences

Institutions of the capitalist economy

Papers for Student presentations econ-inst-of-capitalism 2011

Reading list and course outline

Discussion questions

Readings:

The Fulton Fish Market - Kathryn Graddy

The Complexity of Exchange

Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal

Do Firms want to Borrow More? Testing Credit Contraints Using a Directed Lending Program

Labor Discipline and Aggregate Demand: A Macroeconomic Model

The Determinants of Earnings:A Behavioral Approach

Business Ascendancy and Economic Impasse: A Structural Retrospective on Conservative Economics, 1979-87

Hearts and Minds: A Social Model of U.S. Productivity Growth

Egalitarian national policy and global economic integration

Economic Integration, Cultural Standardization, and the Politics of Social Insurance

Relational Contracts and the Nature of Market Interactions

Local Environmental Control and Institutional Crowding-Out

The Predictive Power of Zero Intelligence in Financial Markets

Detrimental effects of sanctions on human altruism

What’s wrong with the fundamental existence and welfare theorems?

International Trade, Domestic Colairions, and Liberty: Corporative Responses to thr Crisis of 1873-1896

DO LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS AND INTEREST RATES MATTER FOR CONSUMER BEHAVIOR? EVIDENCE FROM CREDIT CARD DATA

The Use of Knowledge in Society

The Importance of Noncognitive Skills: Lessons from the GED Testing Program

Strikes, Scabs and Tread Separations: Labor Strife and the Production of Defective Bridgestone/Firestone Tires

Neighborhoods and Violent Crime: A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficacy

 

Lectures

Utopian capitalism

Exchange (contracts, norms, power)

Labor market

Credit markets

W wealth inequality and eet

The institutions of a capitalist economy



Modeling economic evolution

Reading list and course outline

Readings:

In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies

History, Institutions and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India

Cultural Beliefs and the organization of Society: A Historical and Theoretical Reflection on Collectivist and Individualist Societies

History Lessons: Institutions, Factors Endowments, and Paths of Development in the New World

The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa

Long Term Persistence

Lectures

Instiutitional Evolution (ch 11)_2

chance and change ch 12

coevolution ch 13

Advanced Microeconomics (Fourth Year)

Capitalismo e Microeconomia

Lavoro Occupazione e Salari

Disoccupazione ed Equilibri Inefficienti

Mercti e Credito

Rischia e Ricchezza

Le Istituzioni dell'Economia Capitalista

Capitalismo come Storia

Micro-Macro: Odds and Ends (english)

Capitoli da Bowles, Microeconomia (versione provisoria)


Prologo

Capitolo 8

Capitolo 9

Capitolo 10

Domande e Problemi

Problemi e domande per lo studio e la discussione

Lectures:

Capitalism and Microeconomics

Labor market