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Econ 170, Health Economics: Fall 2007

Syllabus
Class Meetings: TR 12:30-1:45 PM @ Arts 1251
Office Hours: T 2-3:30 PM and W 1-2:30 PM @ North Hall 2013
Research Hours: M-F 8-11:30 AM
Textbook: Folland, Goodman and Stano, The Economics of Health and Health Care, 5th Ed. (FGS)

As the semester progresses, this web page will updated with information, news and links to outside readings.

The final exam will be held Tuesday, December 11th, from 12:01 to 3 pm.

Exam 2 Grade Distribution

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Presentation Schedule

Tuesday, Nov. 27th: Clinton, Huckabee, Richardson and Kucinich
Thursday, Nov. 29th: Biden, Giuliani, Dodd and Thompson
Tuesday, Dec. 4th: Romney, Edwards, McCain, Obama, and Hunter
Thursday, Dec. 6th: Review for final, and any unfinished presentations.

FGS Reference

See figure 22-3 and the surrounding text for a discussion of monopsony.

Quiz 4

Quiz 4 consists of Exercise 2 from the end of Chapter 7 and Exercise 9 from the end of Chapter 8.

Quiz 3 and Exam 1 Grade Distribution

Quiz 3 consists of Exercises 4 and 5 from the end of Chapter 6. The numerical grade distribution for Exam 1 can be found here.

Resource for Project, and a Link

The Kaiser Family Foundation has collected information on the health care plans for all presidential candidates. It is available here. On a related note, we will be discussing the history of medical care and technology. A send-up of medieval medical care can be found here.

Quiz 2 and Links

Quiz 2 consists of two exercises from the end of Chapter 3: Exercises 7 and 8. The CNN.com article mentioned in class can be found here.

Quiz 1 and Links

Quiz 1 will consist of three questions from the end of Chapter 2: Exercises 2, 3 and 8.

Here is a link to the LA Times article mentioned in class. Here is where you can find the original study. The Freakonomics blog post mentioned in class can be found here.

Wait List

Students interested in signing up for the wait list can do so here.