EC963-7-SP-CO:
Public Policy Evaluation
2024/25
Economics
Colchester Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 21 March 2025
20
21 August 2024
Requisites for this module
(none)
EC452 or EC501
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(none)
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MA L14312 Economics with Public Policy
This postgraduate module equips students with the tools commonly used in economics to critically assess the efficacy of current policies and the effects of policy changes.
Students will put their theoretical knowledge into practice, closely reviewing canonical applications of these tools in the economics literature as well as performing evaluations themselves.
The aims of this module are:
- To enable students to both implement a policy evaluation and critically analyze an existing one.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Apply the core methods used by economists to evaluate government policies in a developed world context.
- Compare and contrast the relative strengths and weaknesses of these methods in various contexts.
- Demonstrate familiarity with canonical implementations of these methods discussed in the economics literature.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the key datasets and practical steps used to gather evidence when evaluating a policy.
This module introduces students to a variety of econometric methods covering the standard toolkit for public policy evaluation. For each of these methods, the course describes the theory, the advantages and limits as well as existing applications.
This module will be delivered via:
- One 2-hour lecture per week.
- One 1-hour class per week.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Assignment |
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| Exam |
Main exam: In-Person, Open Book, 120 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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| Exam |
Reassessment Main exam: In-Person, Open Book, 120 minutes during September (Reassessment Period)
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Additional coursework information
- The coursework assessment will be a take-home practical assignment.
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Victor Pouliquen, email: victor.pouliquen@essex.ac.uk.
Lectures & Labs: Dr Victor Pouliquen
For further information, send an email message to pgteco@essex.ac.uk.
Yes
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Dr Domenico Moro
university of Birmingham
Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 30 hours, 20 (66.7%) hours available to students:
10 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
Economics
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