Data 88E: Economic Models

UC Berkeley, Fall 2025

Week 1

Aug 27
1 Introduction
Slides
Demo Notebook
Careers Notebook
Form 1
Form 2
Reading: 0

Week 2

Sep 3
2 Demand

Slides

Demand Survey
Demand Step by Step
Scanner Data Beer
Avocado Demand

Avocado 2

Reading: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4

Lab 1 Lab 1: Demand (due 9/9 at 11:59 PM)
Project Project 1: Airbnb (due 9/23 at 11:59 PM)

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Oct 8
7 Inequality
Slides
Dollar Street Demo
7.1_Inequality-1
7.2-Inequality-2
Reading: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
Lab Lab 6: Lorenz Curve (due 10/14 at 11:59 PM)

Week 8

Oct 15
8 Game Theory
Slides
8.1_TwoThirdsGame
8.2_ThreeGames
8.3_PD_MultiRound

Reading: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

Lab Lab 7: Game Theory (due 10/21 at 11:59 PM)

Project Project 3: Game Theory (due 11/4 at 11:59 PM)

Week 9

Oct 22
9 Development
Reading: 8.0
Lab Lab 8: Waterguard (due 10/28 at 11:59 PM)

Week 10

Oct 29
10 Macroeconomic Policy
Reading: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5
Lab Lab 9

Week 11

Nov 5
11 Econometrics
Reading: 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
Project Project 4

Week 12

Nov 12
12 Finance
Reading: 10.0, 10.1, 10.2
Lab Lab 10

Week 13

Nov 19
13 Environmental Economics
Reading: 12.0, 12.1, 12.2
Lab Lab 11

Week 14

Nov 26
14 Holiday: No Class

Week 15

Dec 3
15 Wrap-up and Guest Lecture