BPP Field Exam

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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.

2011

2010

Date, 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 July.
  • 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:

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):

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:

Previous Exams

The following previous exams are available: