Supplemental Materials to ARE Update

The Conflicting Effect of Obesity and Undernourishment on Average Life Expectancy by Sangeeta Bansal, Shivana Gupta, Jacob Lefler, and David Zilberman. Here are the full-length versions of Tables 2 and 3 of the paper.

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Perspective on life in Germany

I went to a conference in Brussels organized by my friend Justus Wesseler. He wanted to introduce me to his roots in Germany, so we traveled to his mother’s house near Munster, which is 300Km from Brussels. It may take 2.5 hours as there is no speed limit on the German Autobahn and some drive… Continue reading Perspective on life in Germany

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Agriculture as Economic Development

https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/blog/global-food-thought/guest-commentary-agriculture-economic-development Editor’s Note: As part of our new blog series, The Next Generation, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs is inviting a diverse group of experts to explore topics related to youth employement and agriculture in advance of  the 2018 Global Food and Security Symposium.  Join the discussion using #GlobalAg, and tune in to the symposium live… Continue reading Agriculture as Economic Development

Take-Home Exam

DevP 233 Take-Home Exam Spring 2017 David Zilberman   Explain the following terms and their significance: Median Voter Theorem Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem Rent seeking behavior Regulatory capture PEST vs. PERT transfers Risk aversion, risk neutrality vs. loss aversion Prospect theory Bayesian learning Asymmetric information Principal-agent problem Explain the behavior of a politician (or regulator) as… Continue reading Take-Home Exam

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On the economic discipline: How political economy and development economics fit

On the economic discipline: How political economy and development economics fit DevP 233 Spring 2017   This segment of the course is about political economy. Political economy is an important part of economics and our analysis aims to be relevant to issues of development, agriculture and international relations. Economics is a scientific discipline, and political… Continue reading On the economic discipline: How political economy and development economics fit

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DevP 233
 Syllabus: Law, Politics, and Policymaking

DevP 233 
Law, Politics, and Policymaking SPRING 2017 Tu, Th. 2-3:30 311 Wellman Hall   Zilberman Addendum   3/7 – Lecture 17 – On the economic discipline: How political economy and development economics fit The purpose of the lecture is to enhance students’ understanding of scientific disciplines and how they evolve, as well as the… Continue reading DevP 233
 Syllabus: Law, Politics, and Policymaking

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The Economics of Voting

The Economics of Voting DEVP 233 Spring 2017   Two major ideas of economics are that agents pursue self-interest subject to constraints (profit maximizing subject to budget constraint) and that interaction of actor choices (supply vs demand) generate value and result in allocation of resources. Political systems set choices on decision making that affect the… Continue reading The Economics of Voting

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Economics of Risk and Uncertainty- implications for political economy

  Economics of Risk and Uncertainty- implications for political economy DEVP 233   Political and economic choices are made under conditions of risk and uncertainty. People don’t know their future and it is subject to random events, for example weather. Furthermore, there are differences among individuals and groups that reflect heterogeneity. Both randomness and heterogeneity… Continue reading Economics of Risk and Uncertainty- implications for political economy