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  • Case Question 4

    Case Write-up Questions
    The following selected case has questions to be addressed and written up. Students should work in teams of three to four. The questions address aspects of the case that need further analysis.

    Case: "Reforming Social Security Around the World," Kellogg KEL493.

    Answer for one country only: How would you change the social security system in (US, France, or Japan)?

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  • Case Question 3

    Case Write-up Questions
    The following selected case has questions to be addressed and written up. Students should work in teams of three to four. The questions address aspects of the case that need further analysis.

    Case: "New Theories of International Trade," HBS 9390001.

    Should UK remain in the European Union? (yes, no) What are the advantages of Protection?

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  • Case Question 2

    Case Write-up Questions
    The following selected case has questions to be addressed and written up. Students should work in teams of three to four. The questions address aspects of the case that need further analysis.

    Case: "Menem and the Populist Tradition in Argentina," HBS 9700061.

    Explain 3 events from the case (such as devaluations, policy choices, growth, change in export prices, etc.). Do the diagnostic, and explain the impact using the BBNN.

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  • Case Question 1

    The following selected case has questions to be addressed and written up. Students should work in teams of three to four. The questions address aspects of the case that need further analysis.

    Case: "U.S. Current Account Deficit," HBS 9706002.

    Is the US sustainable? Find in trading economics the CA and Wage Changes in any of the last three years and do a BBNN diagnostic!

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  • Final Exam

    You will need to write three short essays for the final:

    • Choose any three questions from the options below.
    • Your responses should be approximately 500 words. Do not exceed 800 words for any answer. Include your word count below each response.
    • Please include your name at the top of the document and the question number next to each response.
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  • Scenario Presentations

    Each student must make three oral presentations focused on three of the 14 scenarios available in this section. Two students will sign up at the start of the semester for each scenario. The third presenter will be selected at the beginning of the class to speak about that day's scenario. Students will be graded on both their answers to the assigned questions and the clarity of their presentation. Short descriptions are provided below. These presentations account for up to 30 points of your final grade.

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  • Environmental Assessment

    Most environmental planners presume that policy decisions regarding the use of natural resources and patterns of development can be enhanced through the application of various analytical tools.

    1. Explain why and how you agree or disagree with this, with reference to each of the tools discussed in Unit 3.
    2. What do you think are the relative strengths and limitations of each of the analytical tools we discussed in Unit 3?
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  • Final Research Paper

    Students are also responsible for a 20 page research paper exploring an environmental issue in which they are interested and which will be due in the final class. 

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  • Environmental Ethics

    Traditionally economists have argued that humans are utility maximizers, although some behavioral economists and social psychologists have recently raised questions about this. With this in mind, please write a paper addressing the following questions.

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  • National Environmental Policy-making

    Given what you have read in Unit 1 and what we have discussed in class, provide the simplest model you can of national environmental policy-making for any country you choose. 

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