Goal
The seminar targets advanced bachelor students of economics, discussing topics related to deforestation and forest conservation. Based on recently published empirical papers, it dealswith the economic and political causes of deforestation as well as the analysis of effective forest conser-vation strategies. Each student is required to choose a paper from the list below, which will constitutethe primary literature of the seminar paper and has to be presented in the block meeting. Students arerequired to search for additional literature and discuss the findings of the primary literature within thecontext of further papers. Additionally, the seminar will introduce basic concepts of scientific writing (and interpreting empirical evidence).
Syllabus
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Literature
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Lecture overview
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Preliminary meeting
Scientific writing
Tabel training
Introduction to matching
Coefficient interpretation