Format: Eight 2-hour classes
Office Hours: Mondays, 5–6pm, Seminar Room F, Manor Road Building
Course Structure:
| Week |
Content |
| 1 | Introduction to Economics |
| 2-3 | Microeconomics |
| 4 | Trade and Development |
| 5-6 | Macroeconomics |
| 7 | Applied Econometrics |
| 8 | Final Presentations (10 minutes each) |
Week 8 Final Presentation:
Choose a topic you are interested in and apply the methods and concepts discussed in this course. You may base it on any (empirical) paper you have read or on your own work.
Please send me your presentation in PDF or PowerPoint format to
maiwand.nangyal@economics.ox.ac.uk by the start of the Week 8 class.
Course Materials: Access lecture slides and resources
Password will be provided via email and in class to enrolled students.
Recommended Textbooks (Optional):¹
| Topic |
Textbook |
| Microeconomics |
Microeconomics (5th Edition)
by David A. Besanko and Ronald R. Braeutigam |
| Trade |
International Economics: Theory and Policy (11th Edition)
by Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld and Marc J. Melitz |
| Macroeconomics |
Macroeconomics (5th Edition)
by Stephen D. Williamson |
| Macroeconomics |
Advanced Macroeconomics (5th Edition)²
by David Romer |
| Applied Econometrics |
Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion
by Joshua D. Angrist & Jörn-Steffen Pischke |
¹ Any edition is acceptable for all textbooks listed above.
² This is a much more advanced book, suitable for those with some intermediate macroeconomics training or those interested in advanced macro theory and models.
Suggested Readings:
| Week |
Reading |
Access |
| 1 |
Margo, R. A. (2018). "The Integration of Economic History into Economics"
Cliometrica, 12(3), 377–406.
DOI: 10.1007/s11698-018-0170-8
|
SOLO
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| 2 |
Gale, D., & Shapley, L. S. (1962). "College Admissions and the Stability of Marriage"
The American Mathematical Monthly, 69(1), 9–15.
Original article. DOI: 10.1080/00029890.1962.11989827
2013 reprint: The American Mathematical Monthly, 120(5), 386–391.
|
SOLO
|
| 3 |
Roth, A. E., Sönmez, T., & Ünver, M. U. (2004). "Kidney Exchange"
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119(2), 457–488.
DOI: 10.1162/0033553041382157
|
SOLO
|
| 4 |
Autor, D., Dorn, D., & Hanson, G. H. (2013). "The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States"
American Economic Review, 103(6), 2121–2168.
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.6.2121
|
SOLO
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| 5 |
Chetty, R., Grusky, D., Hell, M., Hendren, N., Manduca, R., & Narang, J. (2017). "The Fading American Dream: Trends in Absolute Income Mobility Since 1940"
Science, 356(6336), 398–406.
DOI: 10.1126/science.aal4617
|
SOLO
|
| 6 |
Broadberry, S., & Wallis, J. (2025). "Growing, Shrinking, and Long-Run Economic Performance: Historical Perspectives on Economic Development"
Journal of Economic History, 85(2), 505–540.
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050725000105
|
Open Access
|
| 7 |
Dell, M. (2010). "The Persistent Effects of Peru's Mining Mita"
Econometrica, 78(6), 1863–1903.
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA8121
|
SOLO
|
Chaney, E. (2013). "Revolt on the Nile: Economic Shocks, Religion, and Political Power"
Econometrica, 81(5), 2033–2053.
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA10233
|
SOLO
|
Bau, N. (2021). "Can Policy Change Culture? Government Pension Plans and Traditional Kinship Practices"
American Economic Review, 111(6), 1880–1917.
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20190098
|
SOLO
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| 8 |
N/A — Class Presentations |
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