Yokohama City University
Economic Analysis I (Fridays 3rd period, Writing Intensive Course)
Instructor: Parsons
Classroom: Hon-kousha #201
Detailed Syllabus HERE
Readings (subject to change)
Mansfield Ch. 26 (read until at least page 571 by (Sept 29th)
GLS Chapter 17 (Externalities, Public Goods and the Role of the Government)
Link to Milton Friedman Free to Choose video (watch until 28 minute mark)
Positive Economics vs. Normative Economics (from Mankiw)
in English
in 日本語
Minimum Wage
Price Controls and Minimum Wage (Author: Sexton)
Assignment #1 (Due 10/6) Do Problems 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 in Sexton, page 139
Minimum Wage (Miller, Benjamin, North)
Assigment #2 (Due 10/13)
The Economist magazine Minimum Wage article
Assignment #2 (Due 10/20) E-mail to me directly. No class on that day.
International Trade
Miller, Benjamin, North ("Globalization and the US...")
Miller, Benjamin, North ("The 750,000 Steel Worker")
Chris Grandy (Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa) "Asia-Pacific
Century..." article
Assignment #3 (First draft Due 12/1) Updated, new, correct
(Formerly) Repugnant Markets
Alvin
Roth ("Repugnant Markets" article) especially
Table 1 at the end of the paper
First Draft of Final Paper due January 12, 2024 (email to me)
Property Rights, Market Failures and the Environment
Miller, Benjamin, North, "Save that Species" (tentative)
Salvatore's text on Infant Industry Argument and Arguments against it (for one question in Final Term Paper)
Final Term Paper assigmment (last year's, needs to be updated)
Example of Final Paper by Parsons (Fair Trade)
Reference style (suggested) (This is the Krueger & Card AER 1994 paper, from Card's own website)
Reference style for newspaper articles that appear online (using Harvard referencing style)