Economics 490A Spring 2006
Comparative Economic Systems
SLN:
3319
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Judith Thornton
Office Hours:
TTh 3:30-5:30 and by appointment Savery 332
Office:
Savery 332
Office Phone:
(206) 543-5784
thornj@u.washington.edu
Course Description
Study of resource allocation, growth, and income distribution in capitalist, market socialist, and centrally planned economies. Prerequisite: ECON 301.
Files for Download
Strategic Issues for China
Introduction to Input Output
Harrod-Domar Growth
Informal Economy
Competition in China
Thornton Institutional Change
Barzel Property Rights and the State
L1 Goals
Neoclassical Growth
Problem Sets
Practice Problems 5b
Practice Problems 5a
Note typo on problem 2
Practice Problems 3
Practice Problems 2
Practice Problems 1
Useful Links
World Bank Inequality
Country Background Reports
World Bank Doing Business Surveys
World Bank Political Infrastructure Data