The syllabus has been slightly modified.
Assignment 1 has been uploaded.
Screenshots of the MatLab code for questions 4a, 4b, 5b and 5c are posted under "Assignment 1"
A version of Williamson's notes w/figures is available at Tony Smith's web-page;http://www.econ.yale.edu/smith/econ510a/notes99.pdf
The term paper will be made available on Oct. 14th. Because central parts of the assignment will be based on material covered in problem set for the seminars on Oct. 18th/19th, the deadline for the term paper is extended to Nov. 1st.