ECON 7130: Microeconomics III
Microeconomics III, Spring 2015

Syllabus and Course Outline

Helpful Research Guides
Specifying an Economic Model
Outlining a Research Paper
General Guidelines, from Don Fullerton
Specific Guidelines, from Don Fullerton


Modeling Section, Notes/Papers
Bresnahan (The Journal of Industrial Economics, 1987), Notes
Gibbons and Murphy (JPE, 1992), Notes
Gowrisankaran and Town (2000), Notes
Acemoglu and Linn (QJE,, 2004), Notes
Gustman and Steinmeier (JPubE, 2005), to be presented by Mohammed Aldaghir, 2/10
Haan and Wrohlich (Labour Economics, 2011), to be presented by Saleh Alsaif, 2/10
McAfee, Quan, and Vincent (Journal of Industrial Economics, 2002), to be presented by Svetlana Gavrilova, 2/10
Dafny (AER, 2010), to be presented by Nour Kattih, 2/10
Prendergast and Topel (JPE, 1996), to be presented by Fady Mansour, 2/17
Eckstein and Wolpin (REStud, 1995), to be presented by Mohammed Saeed, 2/17
Akashi-Ronquest (Review of Economics of the Household, 2009), to be presented by Caleb Watkins, 2/17
Giovannetti (Review of Financial Economics, 2013), to be presented by Muhammad Yadudu, 2/17

Writing Assignment 1: Modeling, Due 3/3/2015


Empirical Section, Notes/Papers
Papers about econometric methodology
Joshua Angrist on Econometrics and Causation (Podcast)
Keane, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2010
Keane, Journal of Econometrics, 2010
Rust, Comments on Keane, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2010
Leamer, AER, 1983
Rosenzweig and Wolpin, Journal of Economic Literature, 2000
Lucas, Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1976
Panel Data Methods
[url=]Pseudo-Panels[/url]Deaton, Journal of Econometrics, 1985
Banks, Blundell, and Tanner, AER, 1998
[url=]Difference-in-Differences Estimators[/url]Bertrand, Duflo, and Mullainathan, QJE, 2004
Finkelstein, QJE, 2009
Eissa, NBER WP, 1995
[url=]Triple Difference Estimators[/url]Chetty, Looney, and Kroft, AER, 2009
Ravallion et. al., JHR, 2005
Instrumental Variables
Angrist and Krueger, QJE, 1991
Angrist and Krueger, JEP, 2001
Knittel, Hughes, and Sperling, The Energy Journal, 2008
Einav and Levin, JEP, 2010
Regression Discontinuity Design
Abdulkadiroğlu, Angrist, and Pathak, Econometrica, 2014
Lee, Journal of Econometrics, 2008
Lee and Lemieux, Journal of Economic Literature, 2010
Cook, Journal of Econometrics, 2008
Imbens and Lemieux, Journal of Econometrics, 2008
Regression Kink Design
Card, Lee, Pei, and Weber, NBER WP, 2012
Nielson, Sorensen, and Taber, AEJ: Economic Policy, 2010
Landais, AEJ: Economic Policy, forthcoming
Bunching
Saez AEJ: Economic Policy, 2010
Chetty, Friedman, Olsen, and Pistaferri QJE, 2011
Brown JPubE, 2013
Devereux, Liu, and Loretz, unpublished, 2013
Generalized Method of Moments
Hansen and Singleton, Econometrica, 1982
Simulated Method of Moments
Cooper and Ejarque, RED, 2003
Adda, Dustmann, Meghir, and Robin
http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/jdebacker/