ECONOMICS 4838-003

Cloud Callout: New: An Example of Previous Final Examination Key to the Questions included. Plus Key to Test 2. Microcomputer Applications in Economics
Spring 2009 

SYLLABUS 4838-003

·        INSTRUCTOR:  Frank S.T. Hsiao
CLASS HOURS:   TR 11:00 - 12:15   

CLASS LOCATION:  HB 1B45

OFFICE HOURS:  TR 12:20 - 1:20, or by appointment

OFFICE LOCATION:  ECON 107 (shared with Prof. Keith Maskus during my office hours only.  Any written message, including HW, should be given to the Department Office (EB212) upstairs to put it in my mailbox).

TELEPHONE:  303-443-6056 (H)
EMAIL: frank.hsiao@colorado.edu 

         (enter “4838” under the e-mail Subject for immediate attention)

                  

Textbook

Frank S.T. Hsiao:

Economic and Business Analysis:  Quantitative Methods with Spreadsheets, 2008

(Available in the CU Bookstore at UMC)

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please find the date of the final examination from the University Calendar.

 

ASSIGNMENTS

·        Homework assignments from the text, in Excel format.

(When you open the Excel file, if a window comes out and ask you whether you want update or not.  Click “don’t update”).

·        World Development Report (WDR) Data set for Chapter 13 is available in the Homework file.

            Note:  Please make sure that you write the date of HW due, the chapter number, and staple the sheets.

 

v     Class Project:  Extra HW credit (30 points) for attending videoconference with Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan. 

(Topics include the US-Japan economic relations and comparison, the effects recent economic crises, Japan’s economic recovery, and the effects of China’s economic rise on Japan and the United States, etc.  Please do the homework in Chapter 14 to prepare for this conference).

 

Time and Date: 4:30-5:30, Wednesday, April 15

Place:  ATLAS Room 229, Board Room

 

Additional Lecture Note:

Chapter 11 Production and Utility Functions-3D Graphics

 

SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS:  inside the course syllabus

 Ch3 CSA Macro demo

 Ch3 CSA Micro demo

 Ch4 Stat Table 4_1 demo+HW

PREVIOUS TESTS

          An Example of Previous Final Examination with Key

          Test 2: Answer Key and explanation

     Previous tests are included in the homework questions 
 

Updated

4/30/2009