This is the course web site for David Morrow's EC 450/PHL 491 Economics, Institutions & Law course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The course content is available only to students in the course. If you are in the course and need access to the site, please contact Dr. Morrow.
Study Guide for Final Exam
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Please see the attached study guide for the final exam, which will take place on Thursday, May 3 from 1:30 – 4:00 PM. EC 450 students who are also enrolled in EC 330 may begin the exam at 1:45; those students who begin at 1:45 will have until 4:15 to complete the exam.
Class meets in HHB 524
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Remember that we're meeting in Heritage Hall, Room 524 today, April 26, 2012. Please be there promptly at 2:00 pm (unless you're planning to stay past 3:15).
Links about poster presentations
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The internet is full of advice about making posters for academic poster presentations. As far as I'm concerned, it's fine for you to deviate from traditional formats. Do whatever you need to do to communicate your ideas to the audience. These should help your audience understand things like (a) what problem you're addressing, (b) why it occurs, (c) why it's a problem, (d) what solution you're proposing, and (e) why your proposal is a good one.
Workshop: Problem Statement
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For Thursday, April 5, you are expected to bring to class a written explanation of an institutional design problem at UAB. As explained in the workshop overview document that you received in class on Tuesday, April 3, this statement should:
Institutional design workshop overview
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You can download the Institutional Design Workshop Overview below. This document explains what we will be doing in class during April and what you will be expected to do for each class session.
Short Writing Assignment #9
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Short Writing Assignment #9 is due by noon on Monday, April 2
You can download the assignment sheet by clicking the link below. You might want to read this blog post on the "disengagement compact" and skim the attached paper, "The Rational Design of International Institutions" by Koremenos, Lipson & Snidal.
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Reading for Thurs., Mar. 29
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For Thursday, March 29, please read the attached piece on the World Trade Organization by Meredith Crowley.
Reading for Tues., Mar. 27
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For Tuesday, March 27, please read the attached excerpt from Thomas Schelling's Micromotives and Macrobehaviors (pp. 211–43).
Extra Credit Short Writing Assignment
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I decided at the last minute to offer a writing assignment on executive compensation an an optional, extra credit assignment. You can download the assignment sheet below, and the assignment is due on Wednesday, March 28, which is the Wednesday after we return from spring break.
This assignment is completely optional If you choose to do it, you can use it to replace one of the other assignments on which you received a lower score. There is no way that doing this assignment can hurt your grade.
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Case Study: Common Pool Resources
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For Tuesday, March 13, please watch this this very short presentation by Elinor Ostrom and read pages 2–7 and 105–13 from the Environmental Defense Fund's Catch Share Design Manual. If you have time, please read the attached paper from Elinor Ostrom, too.
