Required Texts for the Spring Semester

The following are the assigned texts for this Spring's classes. My thanks to all of the professors for their rapid replies.

Econ 703 - Macroeconomics Mondays 5:30 - 7:20 Professor Thurston
No required text. Instead, journal articles will be posted on a to-be-announced website

Econ 722 - Econometrics Thursdays 5:30 - 7:20 Professor Deb
Same books as last semester

Econ 710 - Monetary Theory Tuesdays 7:30 - 920 Professor Thapar
Walsh, Carl. Monetary Theory and Policy. ISBN: 0262232316

Econ 715 - Public Finance Mondays 7:30 - 9:20 Professor Balsam
Anderson, John. Public Finance. ISBN: 0618214496
Oxford University Press. Readings in Public Finance. ISBN: 0195669622
Kozol, Jonathan. Shame of the Nation. ISBN: 1400052440

Econ 730 - Development Economics Wednesdays 7:30 - 9:20 Professor Filer
Ray, Debraj. Development Economics. ISBN: 0691017069

Econ 741 - International Finance Thursdays 7:30 - 9:20 Professor Kearney
Krugman and Obstfeld. International Finance. ISBN: 0321293835

The ISBN links above go directly to the half.com website. This is one of the more popular websites, but I know some people have had issues with them in the past. I only include the links for convenience, not endorsement.

Two announcements

From Prof. Conning:

Hi all,

Just a reminder that this Thursday January 12th is the date of the Eco
701 exam. It will be held at 7:20pm in the usual room. The practice exam
offers a good model of what it might look like.

For those of you who are unable to make it this Thursday because you are traveling or other reasons, the college provides for a MAKEUP EXAM in early February (they set Feb 4-5, but I may make it somewhere around February 7th (you have to take one or the other, you cannot take both!)

I will honor either exam option and, if anything, I actually prefer to grade exams in February (since as it is I will have to grade the January exams on a plane on my way to Tanzania on Friday).

If you prefer the the February option, please email me. Per the instructions from the Dean, you would then be temporarily assigned an INComplete when I submit the other grades, until you makeup with a February exam.

I will try to hold office hours on Wednesday 2-3:30pm and will post confirmation to the website and Blackboard. Sorry I don't have time to write answers to the practice final. Hunter's 'urban' server, which hosts the class website was down, but hopefully it will be up again soon.

Regards,

Jonathan

Opportunity to earn some extra money:

An MA student is needed to proctor an exam this Thursday from 6:20 to 8:20. It is paid, but I don't know how much. Those interested can e-mail Prof. Honig at this address.

Hope everyone had a good holiday,
Fred

Help for Department

From Professor Filer:

Dear MA students:

The department needs to set up a conference call this afternoon to discuss potential new faculty members. Since Professors Deb and Sevak are in India and several others are also away, we would like to do this using Skype. Unfortunately, all the faculty who are experienced Skypers are among those who away. IS there anyone who could set up this call in the dept conference room on Wednesday? If you would be willing to help out, please contact Professor Chernick and me by e-mail ASAP.

Thanks and Happy New Year

Randy Filer