Description
Policy makers, members of local and state governments and general public share concerns about the effect of various public actions. These actions could be large or small projects (e.g., a bridge construction or a provision of subsidy to a natural monopolist). They also could be local or state policies (e.g., provision of tax abatement to a given industry or region, or food stamps to low income families). This course will introduce a set of practical tools for empirical analysis of such actions. It will also provide students with an intensive overview of monitoring and program evaluation techniques including an overview of different designs of empirical evaluation studies.
