For updates of the lecture materials visit my folder on the L-Drive
A preferred source for labor market data is the folder "Economics" on the L-Drive
Review questions for chapter 5 "Causality" can be found here
Additional reading and sources mentioned in the lectures
Lecture 1: Introduction: What Economists Do
Book Chapters
Blaug, M., The Methodology of Economics, or, How Economists Explain, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, Chpt 1
Downloadable at Free LINK
Boumans, M., Davis, J.B., Economic Methodology. Understanding Economics as a Science, Palgrave MacMillan 2010, Chpt 1
Books
Allison, G.B., Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crises, Little Brown 1971.
Articles
Sutter, D., Pjesky, R., Where Would Adam Smith Publish Today? Econ Journal Watch 4 (2), 2007: 230-240.
Downloadable at LINK
Acemoglu, D., Johnson, S., Robinson, J.A., The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation, The American Economic Review 91, 2001: 1369-1401
Downloadable at JSTOR-LINK (free on campus)
Klick, Jonathan & Tabarrok, Alexander, 2005. "Using Terror Alert Levels to Estimate the Effect of Police on Crime," Journal of Law and Economics 48 (2005): 267-79
Working paper downloadable at U Michigan
Cowen, T., Sutter, D., Why Only Nixon Could Go to China, Public Choice 97 (1998): 605-615.
Downloadable at JSTOR-LINK (free on campus)
Lecture 2: Economics and the Philosophie of Science
Book Chapters:
Blaug, M., The Methodology of Economics, or, How Economists Explain, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Pres, Chpts 1-2, 15, Downloadable at Free LINK
Boumans, M., Davis, J.B., Economic Methodology. Understanding Economics as a Science, Palgrave MacMillan 2010, Chpt 3
Lecture 3: Positive and Normative Economics
Book Chapters:
Blaug, M., The Methodology of Economics, or, How Economists Explain, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, Chpts 4, 5. Downloadable at Free LINK
Boumans, M., Davis, J.B., Economic Methodology. Understanding Economics as a Science, Palgrave MacMillan 2010, Chpt 2, 7
Lecture 4: Statistical Inference
Book Chapters:
Any introductory textbook of Econometrics, for example Wooldridge, J.M., Introduction to Econometrics, Cengage 2014, chpt 4.
Articles:
McCloskey, D.N., Ziliak, S.T., The Cult of Statistical Significance, JSM 2009, Section on Statistical Education: 2302-19.
Downloadable at Free LINK
McCloskey, D.N., Ziliak, S.T., The Standard Error of Regressions, Journal of Economic Literature 39, 1996: 97-114.
JSTOR Link (free on campus)
Lecture 5: Causality
Book Chapters:
Hoover, K.D., Causality in Macroeconomics, Cambridge University Press 2001, chapters 1 and 6.2.
Library entry 339H789, excerpt of first chapter can be downloaded from LINK
Pearl, J., Causality, Cambridge University Press 2000, Epilogue, can be downloaded from LINK. Here you find a nice round-up.
Articles
Mackie, J.L., Causes and Conditions, American Philosophical Quarterly 2, 1965: 245-263.
JSTOR-LINK (free on campus)
Other Sources
Why It Is Good to Know Your Methodology
Natarajan, P., What Scientists Really Do, New York Review of Books, 23 October 2014Link