Syllabus
AgEc 636

Markets, Welfare, and Policy - Part I

Fall 2008
ENPH 212
3:55 - 5:10 TR

Dr. Ron Griffin
Room 308C
845-7049 (home phone: 696-8278)
email: ron-griffin@tamu.edu
web site: http://ron-griffin.tamu.edu/agec636/index.html
Assistant: Ms. Zinn, Room 306D, 845-2333
Texas A&M Policy for disabled students: http://disability.tamu.edu/

Calendar

Day One: August 26
Final Exam: October 23, 3:55-5:55

Text

Richard E. Just, Darrell L. Hueth, and Andrew Schmitz. The Welfare Economics of Public Policy. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2004.

Grades

This phase of the course represents 60% of the course grade of 636. Grade weights within Part I are as follows:

Classroom contributions 10%
Homework 25%
Final Exam 65%

The Classroom contributions evaluation will represent Dr. Griffin's subjective assessment of each student's daily preparedness and voluntary in-class involvement.

Late homework (minus a 25% fine) will be accepted only if solutions have not been discussed in class. Team-performed homework is acceptable; all team members' names must be on page 1 of the submitted homework. Teams can change; one student can be a team; and team organization does not require instructor approval. Plagarism rules will be enforced! Homework must be the team's original work (in full) if it is to receive more than a 0% evaluation.

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