Grades

Homework and midterm grades (including the extra 3 points for the multiple choice question I got wrong) have been uploaded to my.ucdavis.edu. Please check to make sure everything looks right and let me know if they don’t.

Extra office hours

Will will have extra office hours 10-12 tomorrow and 4-5 today.  Takeshi will also have extra office hours.

HW5

Dear students,

here is the homework questions for week 5. One is from Mankiw textbook “problems and applications”, 6th ed AND the other one is the one attached to the email I have sent on Wednesday. Due date is next Monday as always.

ch13 #3

(see attached PDF file on the email I sent)

next week we will finish our theory on “intra”temporal choice and then move to ch15

Good luck on your study!

Takeshi Y.

HW4

Dear students,

here is the homework for week 4 (from Mankiw textbook “problems and applications”, 6th ed) that is due on Tuesday. (not Monday since it is Labor day)

ch12 #1

ch13 #1

next week we will first cover ch14 and then go to ch16. ch15 will be covered in the last week

Have a nice long weekend!

Takeshi Y.

P.S. Some students asked me where to find the data for capital. WDI online (the World Bank Group) has data for some countries so check their website first.

Exam answer keys

Blue and White.

Project links

• Intro to Excel
• Penn world tables
• The Tyranny of Numbers (Growth accounting paper)
• FRED
• BLS
• WDI (also, see other databases listed here)
• Example project data and paper

Computer lab

Section will be in 1131 Meyer today. I want to prepare you for the class project so here’s the agenda:

• Data sources (where to get data?)
• Getting data into Excel (file formats, etc)
• Creating charts/graphs/pivot tables (PTs are cool)
• Discuss the format of the paper
• Project groups and topics

Also, I want to hand back and review the mid-term exam. I don’t think I’ll be done with grading…

HW3

Dear students,

here is the homework for week 3 (from Mankiw textbook “problems and applications”, 6th ed) that is due on Monday

ch10 #4

ch11 #1

also, tomorrow’s discussion section will be held in the computer lab. Will will notify you about the time and place so keep checking the email.

Takeshi Y.

Solow predicts rising wages and constant rental rates in the steady state

I flubbed the proof of these results in the review session. Sorry about that.

Here’s how you prove wages are always increasing and rental rates are constant in the steady state.

Growth Accounting

I forgot to cover Growth Accounting in section yesterday, pages 244-249 in Mankiw.   We’ll discuss it in the review section today.  You’ll be responsible for this material for the exam.