Homework 1
Instructions
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Task 1 (2 points, the maximum extent 200 words)
Watch the undergraduate econometrics course by Ben Lambert on YouTube (video 1–20 for those
who have not had econometrics before, and video 2–5 for those who already know the basics).
Please write me a short review (4 sentences) about what you learned and how useful it was for you.
You will get the 2 points automatically for writing something coherent. This is a feedback for me
rather than a test question.
Task 2 (4 points, the maximum extent 400 words)
Read the paper Stavins (2001) (see the study materials) and answer the following questions:
1. What is the purpose of the abstract and introduction?
2. Formulate the research question of this article in one sentence. What is the answer to the research
question?
3. Briefly describe the data and the research method.
4. How strong is the evidence in this paper? What would be the ideal setting to study this question?