Class Reading

Game Theory

Game Trees

Simultaneous Games

List of Game Theory Concepts you will want to know.

For further reading on game theory I suggest reading Games of Strategy by Avinash Dixt & Susan Skeath

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Regressions

Additonal Resources:

How to interprete logarithms in a regression

List of Regression Concepts you will want to know.

YouTube Video on regressoins and t-test

For further reading on game theory I suggest reading Introductory Econometrics by Jeffery M. Wooldridge

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or Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion by Joshua Angrist and Jörn-Steffen Pischke

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Articles

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Bellemare, Marc F. (2011b) “Primer on Regression”.

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Field, Alexander James. (1992) “The Magnetic Telegraph, Price and Quantity Data, and the New Management of Capital,” Journal of Economic History. Vol. 52, Iss. 2.

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Liebowitz, S.J. and Stephen Margolis. (1990) “The Fable of the Keys,” Journal of Law and Economics. Vol. 33, Iss. 1.

North, Douglass C. (1991) “Institutions,” Journal of Economic Perspective. Vo. 5, Iss. 1.

North, Douglass C. (1968) “Sources of Productivity Change in Ocean Shipping, 1600-1850,” Journal of Political Economy. Vol. 76, Iss. 5.

North, Douglass C. And John Wallis. (1982) “American Government Expenditures: A Historical Perspective” American Economic Review. Vol. 72, Iss. 2.

North, Douglass C. And Weingast, Barry R. (1989) “Constitutions and Commitment: The Evolution of Institutions Governing Public Choice in Seventeenth-Century England,” Journal of Economic History. Vol. 49, Iss. 4.

Nunn, Nathan. (2008) “The Longer Term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades,” Quarterly Journal of Economics. Vol. 123, Iss. 1.

Nunn, Nathan and Nancy Qian. (2011) “The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from a Historical Experiment,” Quarterly Journal of Economics. Vol. 126, Iss. 2.

O'Brien, Patrick K. (1988a) “The Costs and Benefits of British Imperialism 1864 – 1914,” Past and Present. Vol. 120.

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Puffert, Douglas J. (2000) “The Standardization of track Gauge on North American Railways, 1830 – 1890,” Journal of Economic History. Vol. 60, Iss. 4.

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Yates, JoAnne. (1989) Control through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press.