Economic Growth Spring 2011
Christian Groth, chr.groth@econ.ku.dk

Homework/workshop assignments

Generalities

There are two assignments during the semester. Both must be completed and handed in before deadline. They must be accepted (grade at least 2) in order to go in for the final written exam. You are encouraged to solve the assignments together with fellow students (max. four students per group). It is recommended that you try to form groups before the first problem set is announced, see time table below.
If you do not know the other students, but would like to have one or two co-workers, you may send me an e-mail about it. Then I might be able to match you with somebody else in the same situation.
You may write your paper in English or Scandinavian as you prefer. For the first assignment you will need a computer to produce some of the required graphs and numerical results. As to the text and mathematical formulas you may use either your computer or readable handwriting. The maximum number of pages is 10.

Time table for the second homework/workshop assignment

Tuesday 26th of April at 12.00: The problem set is announced here. Clarification/correction to Problem 1f) here.

Wednesday 27th of April 8.15-10.00 lecture as usual.

Monday 2nd of May 8.15-10.00: The exercise class will take the form of a workshop where Niklas Brønager acts as a group consultant. Each group should bring either a pocket calculator or a laptop to the exercise class because it is needed to solve for numerical values in an example.

Wednesday 4th of May 8.15-10.00 no lecture. I will be off the whole week and cannot even answer questions by e-mail. So if you have questions to me, they should be e-mailed at the latest Thursday 28th of April.

Thursday 5th of May in the time interval 12.00-14.00 you should hand in your paper (an attachment in an e-mail is not acceptable). This deadline is a must. The place to hand in your paper is given below.

On the front page of your paper you write the following:

1) Full name of all the authors.
2) The first six digits of their cpr. numbers.
3) Date.
4) Name of the course and the lecturer.

The place where you hand in your paper is:
Thursday 5th of May 12.00-14.00: Økonomisk Institut, Studiekontoret (Mia Kildetoft), CSS Building 25, ground floor, office 25.0.09. Postal address: Studiekontoret, Økonomisk Institut, Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building 25, 1353 København K.

Niklas and I evaluate your papers ("accepted" or "not accepted") and return them, with comments, as soon as possible.

Christian Groth

First homework assignment: here.