PAI 300 Economics for Policy Analysis

Spring 2025

General Information About the Course

General Information, Textbook, Software, and Requirements: General information you may need at the beginning of the semester.
Course Outline: The list of the topics to be covered in class this semester including links to optional exercises.

Announcements

Jan 13

Welcome!

Daily Assignments

D1: Background information	In class 1/14
D2: Expected Value and Adverse Selection	In class 1/14
D3: Adverse Selection in Health Insurance	In class 1/16
D4: Waiver Market Bids	In class 1/21
D5: Building the Market Demand Curve from Individual Data	In class 1/21
D6: Waiver Bids Round 2	In class 1/23
D7: Large Scale Waiver Market Analysis	In class 1/23
D8: Examining the Impact of a Tax	In class 1/28
D9: Tax Policy Analysis	In class 1/28
D10: Solving for BAU and Policy Equilibria	In class 1/30

Weekly Assignments, Memos, and Flash Talks

Weekly 1: Math Refresher	Due Tue 1/21
Weekly 2: Adverse Selection in Health Insurance	Due Tue 1/28

Optional Exercises

The exercises available from the links below are also available through the "Course Outline" page under individual topics. That's probably a better way to get to them. They're listed here as well in case that's convenient.

Economic Skills Project: Exercises with detailed explanations and some videos.
Five Minute Exercises: Very short practice exercises designed to be done in 5 minutes or so.
Supplementary Exercises: Other exercises you may want to do to help understand the material.

Other Resources

About Flash Talks: Guidelines for flash talks.
Excel Certification: Maxwell and Arts and Sciences sponsor a free Excel Certification program.
How to Count This Course Toward the PST Economics Requirement: It's a very straightforward petition.
Khan Academy Module on Factoring: Very handy if you're rusty on factoring algebraic expressions.
Math Quick Reference Guide: Quick reference on key math concepts used in the class.
Notation: A quick reference list of names, abbreviations and symbols.
Quick Tips on Writing Policy Memos: A few Do's and Don'ts about writing policy memos.

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