Fall 2010

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BPUB 900: Research Seminar

Prerequisites: None

This course is designed to teach the craft of applied economic research to students of any Wharton doctoral program by providing a venue at which students can present their research as it progresses and get both student and faculty feedback.  Students will gain a hands-on understanding of the research process through presenting their own work and through seeing the research of other students as it progresses through various stages from early ideas to completed papers.  The course is appropriate for doctoral students with microeconomic interests who have completed at least two years of their doctoral program, although students in their first or second years of the program are welcome (and encouraged) to sit in even if they do not take the course for credit.  The course meets weekly (currently Tuesday at noon), with one of the following items on the agenda: 1) a student research presentation (for example, all BPUB students are required to give such presentations at least annually); 2) a post mortem discussion of the previous day’s applied economics seminar; or 3) a faculty guest speaker introducing students to a research approach or a set of researchable topics.

Professor Jeremy Tobacman                                                  Section 301 (2nd year): T 12-1:30PM

                                                                                            Section 302 (3rd year): T 12-1:30PM

BPUB 962:           Applied Economics Seminar

Prerequisites: None

The goal of this course is to help doctoral students develop critical thinking skills through both seminar participation and writing of referee reports. To this end students will attend the Wharton Applied Economics each Wednesday at noon seminar when it meets; prepare two written referee reports on WAE papers per semester, due before the seminar is presented; after attending the seminar - and the ensuing discussion of the paper - students will prepare follow-up evaluations of their referee report reports, due one week after the seminar.

Professor Robert Inman                                                         Section 301: W 12-1:30PM