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Econ 170, Health Economics: Winter 2008

Syllabus
Class Meetings: TR 12:30-1:45 PM @ SH 1431
Office Hours: T 2-3:00 PM and R 2-3:00 PM @ North Hall 2013
Textbook: Folland, Goodman and Stano, The Economics of Health and Health Care, 5th Ed. (FGS)
Final Exam: Tuesday, March 18th, 12-3 PM

Quiz 1	Chapter 2: Exercises 1, 5 and 6
Quiz 2	Chapter 3: Exercises 3, 6, and 8
Quiz 3	Chapter 6: Exercise 6; Chapter 7: Exercise 8
Quiz 4	Chapter 8: Exercises 9 and 10

News and Links

Adverse Selection

The slides with a discussion of adverse selection can be found here. Scroll through the slides in order to find the numerical example.

Practice Problems

Chapter 17, Exercises 2, 3 and 4; Chapter 18, Exercises 1 and 2; Chapter 22, Exercises 1 and 6.

No Office Hours on March 6th

I will not be holding office hours on Thursday, March 6th.

Grade Distribution for Exam 2

Click here for the pdf, and here for the cdf.

Grade Distribution for Exam 1

Click here for the pdf, and here for the cdf.

Reading for 1/22

The New York Times article on caffeine and pregnancy can be found here.