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Econ 570 Lecture Notes

Here are some lecture notes for Econ 570. They are free, so that may be some indication of their worth.

Lecture Note 1: Introduction to Development Economics. (modified August 27, 2008)

Here is a paper to read by Greg Clark on Preference Changes during the Malthusian era.

Here is another paper by Wolcott and Clark, "Why Nations Fail: Managerial Decisions and Performance in Indian Cotton Textiles ."

Here are slides for Clark lectures.

Here are slides for Glorious Revolution.

Here are slides for the Resource Curse.

Here are some graphs and tables from the first two lectures of 2006.

Here are some graphs and tables that I showed during the lecture of January 23, from various papers.

Here are some additional graphs from the first week of 2005.

Lecture Note 2: Notes on Institutions in Development.

Lecture Note 3: The Asian Flu: Notes on the Asian Currency Crisis.

Lecture Note 4: Notes on the Chinese Experience.

Here are some additional lecture notes, for what they are worth:

Here is an old lecture note on endogenous growth models.

A lecture on the empirics of economic growth.

A lecture on health and growth.

A lecture on institutions and growth.

A lecture on the relative price of investment.

A lecture on technology, critical mass and institutions.

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