Dr. Elaine Peterson's ECON4540 Page
Public Finance & Fiscal Policy
Syllabus for Spring 2007
Short Assignments
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Short Assignment 1
Short Assignment 2
Short Assignment 3
Presentation Assignments
Short Assignment 4
Benefit Cost Example of how you might respond to question 5 on p. 246 on Rosen
Benefit Cost example from exam 1 fall 2002
Benefit Cost example from exam 1 fall 2001
Benefit Cost example from Exam 1 Fall 2000 on proposed light guard system
Unit vs. Ad Valorem Tax Calculations Example
An analysis of alternatives for cleaning up Houston’s air
Practice Exam 1
Practice Final
Discussion List
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Some Interesting/Useful Sites
General
Congressional Budget Office
The Public Policy Institute of California Resources for Economists on the Internet CCER National Budget Simulation The Economic Report of the President
JSTOR: American Economic Review Start JSTOR Collections and Services Center for Public Policy Studies at CSU Stanislaus Critical Links: Employment Growth, Unemployment and Welfare-to-Work in Stanislaus County
Annual Envisioning California Conference
Statistical
Fedstats: One Stop Shopping Federal Statistics
Office of Management and Budget
Statistical Abstract of the United States
U.S. Census Bureau Home Page
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Urban The Urban Institute: Welcome to the Urban Institute (The Urban Institute Homepage) School of Urban Planning and Development (SUPD) Web
Other CBS Market Watch Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Institute for Research on Poverty International Monetary Fund, IMF Home Page Links to other interesting sites.
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