Economics 455 Section 1

Economics 455 Section 1

Fall 2011: Prof. Harvey Lapan – Instructor

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Ø Problem Set 4 now available

Office Hours

· Monday and Wednesday 11-12; Tuesday 10-12; or by appointment. You may email me or stop by my office and if I am in I will be happy to talk to you
My office is 283 Heady Hall, my office phone 294-5917, my email hlapan@iastate.edu

Please note the following dates:

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· Midterm Exam 1 – October 3, 2011

· Paper Proposal Due – Friday, October 14, 2011; YOU MAY TURN IN ANY TIME BEFORE OCTOBER 21, 2011

· Midterm Exam 2 – Wednesday, November 9, 2011

· Thanksgiving Break: November 21 – November 25

· Final Exam – tentative date, per ISU calendar, Monday, Dec. 12, Noon-2:00 pm

· Paper Due – Friday, Dec 9, 2011 – at end of class

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$Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: W:\classes\econ455\lapan\Bullet7.gif$ PROBLEM SETS– current year (click link)

$Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: W:\classes\econ455\lapan\Bullet7.gif$ PROBLEM SETS AND ANSWERS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS

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PROBLEM SETS – Fall 2011

· Problem Set 1 – due September 14, 2011

· Answers – Problem Set 1

· Problem Set 2 – due September 28, 2011

· Answers – Problem Set 2

· Problem Set 3 – due November 4, 2011

· Answers – Problem Set 3

· Problem Set 4 – due December 2, 2011

· Answers – Problem Set 4

Links to Tariff information (ITC):

http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/ Homepage of International Trade Commission – links to tariff schedule

http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm Links to chapter by chapter (essentially collection of goods) tariff schedule

http://dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/tariff_current.asp link to look up a particular good

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of U.S.

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