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This is an invitation to participate in a periodic course evaluation for ECON4350 - Growth and Investment. The periodic course evaluation is in addition to the evaluation that has already taken place earlier this semester. The evaluation is done on internet, and you will have the possibility to give your answer until June 10. Please note that there are questions concerning exams, so it might be an idea not to answer until after your exam.

Click here to find the formula . Use your ordinary username and password. Your answer will be anonymous.

Comments (sensorveiledning) to the exam from 2003 can be found here

Some of the students are arranging a end-of-exam-party on June 1st 20.00. Send an e-mail to econparties@gmail.com to get more details.

The last seminar is on Friday 11/5. We will discuss the exam from 2005 (here ), and will use some time to sum up the course.

The paper from the seminar 4/5 is available here

On the seminar 4/5 Tom Reiel Heggedahl from Statistics Norway will give a presentation of the empirical R&D-models Statsics Norway use to study the Norwegian economy.

The term paper has been corrected. Uncollected papers are available at the reception desk. Your paper has passed unless you have been explicitly notified to the contrary.

The seminar on friday 27/4 will be used to discuss the term paper

Exercises for seminar 7 (20/4) have been posted

Mid-semester evaluation

We encourage all students to give their evaluation of the course. The evaluation form is available here Reply by clicking on the link

There will be a break in seminars until 20/4.

Exercises for seminar 6 (16/3) have been posted

There will be no seminar this week. The next seminar (seminar 5) will be 9/3.

Seminar 4 (23/2) will be used to give a crash-course in the theory of optimal control. The presentation will primarily be based on the article by Obstdfeld on the reading list.

The contact student for this course is Sigbjørn Hjelmbrekke (sigbjorn(a)nynorsk.no)

The overview of PWT prepared by Justice for seminar 1 is now posted

The article by Klenow & Rodrigues-Clare is available here

Nina, Yin, Rolv and Ekaterina have made a very delicate summary of the article by Breshnahan and Gordon for Seminar 1. The summary is posted below.

Lecture note 2 has been posted

Exercises for the first seminar (friday 2/2) have been posted. Group exercises will be assigned in class.