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Welcome to my wiki

My wiki is a place (predominantly for me) to post information on current projects, as well as other reference material that may be of use to the academic community. For more information on these projects, or if you have problems accessing files (for academic purposes) please email ed@edegan.com.

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 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.