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Wikiedia is a place to post information on projects that involve Ed Egan, as well as other reference material that may be of use to the academic community. For more information on these projects or other material on this site, or if you have problems accessing files (for academic purposes), please email ed@edegan.com.

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• 18-08-2010: The site has had a major security overhaul. Access is now based on user and group permissions, and there is no anonymous editing. If you do not have an account, please sign up for one now!
• Previous security bulletins are here

Current projects

I am currently working on:

• The NBER Patent Data Project
• Classifying Names by Culture
• Political Contributions By Venture Capitalists

Course Material

The following course material is provided for academics with permission to view journal papers:

• PHDBA 279A - Political Institutions, Business and Public Policy
• PHDBA 279B - Incentives and Organizations in Markets
• PHDBA 279C - Technology Dynamics and Firm Strategy
• ECON 224 - The Economics of Institutions

Business and Public Policy PhD at Berkeley

The following pages are for BPP students:

• A current list of BPP students
• The 2010 Fall BPP Student Seminar (PHDBA279S)
• The BPP Social Calendar

The UC Berkeley PhD in Business and Public Policy field exam pages include the course paper short lists, past exam questions and other useful material for BPP students preparing for their comprehensive examination.

There is also a history of BPP Courses taught at the Haas School of business.

Reference Material

• Data Dictionaries for WRDS and Thomson SDC Platinum are available from my repository
• Help using LaTeX.