P. LeBel - States and Markets

Risk In States And Markets:

How Our Perceptions of Risk Affect the Choice of Markets versus Government Institutions

A mini-course in four sessions

Phillip LeBel, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Economics

Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey 07043 lebelp@mail.montclair.edu

Course Syllabus

Downloadable Risk Course Files

01 The Standard Models

02 Insights from Psychology

03 Market and Government Failure

04 Reshaping The Public Discourse

Course Session Materials

The Standard Model of Economic Analysis and Political Science
Insights from Psychology Inform Our Attitudes Toward Risk
Market Failure and Government Failure in Standard Paradigms
Reshaping the Public Discourse through Behavioral Economics and Finance

Readings on Risk

Online Source Readings

Selected Files

01.	The Insitutional Structure of the Circular Flow
02.	The Harrod-Domar Growth Model
03.	Real Rates of Return to Bills Bonds and Stocks
04.	The Measurement of Risk
05.	Alternative Symmetric Distributions
06.	Growth Accounting in Developed Economies
07.	U.S. Legislative Landmarks
08.	Application Modules
09.	Income Distribution and Social Welfare
10.	How Economists Make Good and Bad Predictions
11.	Predicting the Unpredictable: Theory and Policy in the Presence of Asset Bubbles
12.	Perspectives on the Current Recession
13.	Asset Bubbles and Moral Hazard: Evidence from Japan

About the course instructor

P. LeBel - Academic Curriculum Vitae

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