Economics Junior Seminars

Junior Seminars offered 2011-12.

These Faculty-led seminars are designed to introduce students to research in a particular area of economics and to prepare students to undertake their own research projects. All junior seminars require a major research paper; the prerequisites are intermediate microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, statistics, and econometrics (concurrent enrollment in econometrics is sufficient). Junior seminars therefore satisfy both the writing requirement and the theory prerequisite requirement for the Economics concentration. Each seminar is limited to 18 participants with preference given to honors Economics and Applied Math/Economics concentrators in their junior year. Enrollment will be determined by a lottery based on student preferences, although faculty will be given the option to reserve up to two spaces in their seminars to be assigned as they wish (e.g., to non-concentrators, to students in their senior year, to students who have already taken a seminar). Lotteries for Junior Seminars take place the week before classes start. 

Seven junior seminars will be offered in 2011-12:

• Ec 980p: International Trade Policy
Prof. Elhanan Helpman, M 2-4:00, location TBD


• Ec 980r: The Rise of Asia and the World Economy
Prof. Jorgenson, W 2-4:00, location TBD 


• Ec 980v: Household Finance
Prof. Brigitte Madrian, M 2-4, location TBD 

• Ec 980b: Education in the Economy 
  Profs  Katz & Goldin,  M 2:00-4:00, locatiom TBD
  

• Ec 980s: The Historical Origins of Middle Eastern Development
  Prof. Chaney, T/TH 2:30-4:00, location TBD 
  


• Ec 980w: Policy Option in Health and Environmental Economics
  Prof. Pakes, Tues 1:00-4:00 and place TDB

The lottery for the Spring term seminars takes place the week before classes start. The first day of classes for Spring term is Monday January 23rd

The Spring-term lottery form will be due to Emily Neill (Littauer 113) by 5pm on Wednesday, January 18th and results will be announced by 5:00pm Friday January 20th, before classes meet. The first meeting of Junior Seminars is the first week of classes. You may email your preferences to Emily Neill (eneill@fas.harvard.edu).

There will be no shopping of junior seminars. We encourage you to review the course syllabi ahead of time. Syllabi of the Fall-term seminars will be available on course websites (the links are posted above) by Monday, August 15th at the latest.

Send comments or questions to the
Emily Neill, Undergraduate Program Coordinator