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*This page is in the [[BPP]] category [[Category:BPP]]
This page provides information for students preparing for the Business and Public Policy PhD field exam at the Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley. Good luck.
==DateStudy Material, Reading List, Time and Rules== The exam will be:*On Thursday the 24th June 2010 starting at 9am.*6 hrs long: 3hrs in the morning, 3hrs in the afternoon, and with a lunch break*Open book*Not blindly evaluated (c.f. the Finance program)*Comprised of an unknown number of questions, set by the faculty who taught our cohort*Compiled by Pablo Spiller and graded by Ernesto Dal Bo. The 2nd year paper is a part of the exam:*Due date is Thursday July 15th (implicitly midnight) - this was extended to the 24th Julyetc.*The choice of topic must be vetted by a faculty member*Students can suggest faculty to read (grade) their paper, but their suggestions are not binding*The paper can use material developed for other purposes, as long as it is your original research ==Reference Material== The following pages provide reference material by subject:*[[BPP Innovation]]*[[BPP Political Science]]*[[BPP Institutions]] ==Course Paper Selections== The following is the 'final' short-list approved by faculty (except for Spiller, where the approved choices from the previous cohort were used instead):*2012 [[BPP Field Exam Papers2012]] The following papers were selected by Ed Egan and/or Pablo Hernandez as the core study material for each class examined in the Summer of 2010:*2011 [[PHDBA279A BPP Field Exam Papers| PHDBA279A 'Political Science' Field Exam Paper List]]*[[PHDBA279B 2010 BPP Field Exam Papers| PHDBA279B 'Auctions and Contracts' Field Exam Paper List]]*[[PHDBA279C Field Exam Papers| PHDBA279C 'Innovation and Strategy' Field Exam Paper List]]*[[ECON224 Field Exam Papers| ECON224 'Institutions' Field Exam Paper ListMaterials compiled by Ed Egan]]
==Previous Exams==
The following previous exams are available:
*[[BPP Field Exam 2010]] [[BPP Field Exam 2010 Answers| (Answers)]]
*[[BPP Field Exam 2009]] [[BPP Field Exam 2009 Answers| (Answers)]]
*[[BPP Field Exam 2008]] [[BPP Field Exam 2008 Answers| (Answers)]]
*[[BPP Field Exam 2007]] [[BPP Field Exam 2007 Answers| (Answers)]]
*[[BPP Field Exam 2006]] [[BPP Field Exam 2006 Answers| (Answers)]]
*[[BPP Field Exam 2005]]
