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Economics 139, Public Finance
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This page holds class material related to Economics 139, including the syllabus and the assignments, and sample exam questions and answers.

All remaining graded issues papers are available on the table outside my office (some people have more than one paper in the pile; be sure to collect them all).

Final Exam Prepared Question

Office hours this week before the final exam are:

I will also hold office hours on Sunday night from 10:15 to midnight. This assumes that my flight back to Albany will land on time. If not, I may be late. Come in through the north (campus center side) doors, and I will make sure that the doors are open, or that I am downstairs in SS103 if I can't prop the second-floor door open.

The final exam will cover chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 21, and the appendix to chapter 4, except:

The final exam will also cover all nine reading assignments and all material presented in lecture. Some material presented in Monday's lecture is found in Chapter 17, and you should read Chapter 17, but you are not responsible for material in chapter 17 except that which was presented in Monday's class.

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