Data 88E: Economic Models

Name: Just the Class
Author: Eric Van Dusen

UC Berkeley, Fall 2023

Eric Van Dusen

Hi - I am a lecturer in Data Science as well as a staff member helping to build out Data Science Undergraduate Studies. I am passionate about how Data Science approaches can bring innovation to teaching and learning in all disciplines. I love trail running, kayaking, camping and exploring.

Week 1

Aug 23: 1 Introduction; Slides • Recording; Notebook; Reading: 0

Week 2

Aug 30: 2 Demand; Slides • Recording; Price Elasticity Notebook • Scanner Data Notebook • Creating a Demand Curve Notebook • Empirical Demand Curves Notebook; Reading: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4; Lab Lab 1; Project Project 1

Week 3

Sep 6: 3 Supply; Slides • Recording; Demand Curve Notebook (redo) • Supply Curves Notebook • SymPy Notebook • Energy Notebook • Renewable Energy Notebook • Cubic Cost Functions Notebook; Reading: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4; Lab Lab 2

Week 4

Sep 13: 4 Government Intervention; Slides • Recording; Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium Notebook • Demand Survey and Surplus Notebook • Four Plots Notebook; Reading: 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3; Lab Lab 3

Week 5

Sep 20: 5 Production; Slides • Recording; Cobb-Douglas Notebook • Datahub File Tree; Reading: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2; Lab Lab 4; Project Project 2

Week 6

Sep 27: 6 Utility; Slides • Recording; Sympy Diferentiation Notebook • Utility Notebook • QuantEcon Notebook • LaTeX Notebook • Markdown Reference; Reading: 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, LaTeX (external); Lab Lab 5

Week 7

Oct 4: 7 Inequality; Slides; Measurements of Inequality Notebook • Historical Income Equality Notebook; Reading: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2; Lab Lab 6

Week 8

Oct 11: 8 Game Theory; Slides • Video; Notebook; Reading: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5; Lab Lab 7; Project Project 3

Week 9

Oct 18: 9 Development; Slides • Video; Notebook; Reading: 8.0; Lab Lab 8

Week 10

Oct 25: 10 Macroeconomic Policy; Slides • Video; Notebook; Reading: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5; Lab Lab 9

Week 11

Nov 1: 11 Econometrics; Slides • Video; SLR Notebook • MLR Notebook; Reading: 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4; Project Project 4

Week 12

Nov 8: 12 Finance; Slides • Video; Interest Rates Notebook • Stock Options Notebook; Reading: 10.0, 10.1, 10.2; Lab Lab 10

Week 13

Nov 15: 13 Environmental Economics; Slides • Video; Environmental Kuznets Notebook • Rosling Time Plots Notebook • MAC Notebook; Reading: 12.0, 12.1, 12.2; Lab Lab 11

Week 14

Nov 22: 14 Holiday: No Class

Week 15

Nov 29: 15 Guest Lecture - Walmart Economics; Slides; Video; Course Evaluations