# AGEC 689 Lectures – Bruce McCarl

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Tentative Lectures

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| Week | Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | Readings |
| Week 1 | Aug. 31 | Introduction | [Course Introduction](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/AGEC 689intro.pdf) | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Week 1 | Sep. 2 | Economic Issues | [Course Introduction](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/AGEC 689lecture1.pdf) | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Week 1 | Sep. 3 | Last day of adding/dropping courses | . | . |
| Week 2 | Sep. 7 | Economic Background:Information Demand | [Notes](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/Information-Demand.pdf) | NA |
| “ | “ | Economic Background:Decision Making Under Risk | [Notes](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/Decision-making-theory.pdf) | NA |
| “ | “ | Economic Background:Cost Benefit Analysis | [Notes I](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/cost-benefit.pdf) and [Notes II](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/cost-benefit2.pdf) | NA |
| “ | “ | Economic Background:Game Theory | [Notes](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/Decision-making-theory.pdf) | NA |
| “ | “ | Economic Background:Externality | [Notes](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/externality.pdf) | NA |
| Week 2 | Sep. 9 | Economic Background:Ex Ante vs. Ex Post Decision Making | [Notes](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/levan.pdf) | NA |
| Week 3 | Sep. 14 | Market Responseby by [Dr. David Bessler](http://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/bessler-david/) | [Notes](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/bessler.pdf) | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Weeks 3 | Sep. 16 | Case Studies: Avian Influenza | Notes provided in class | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Weeks 4 | Sep. 21 | Case Studies: Meat Markets | Notes provided in class | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Weeks 4 | Sep. 23 | Case Studies: H1N1 | Notes provided in class | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Week 5 | Sep. 27 | Human Health Implications: Food Security | Notes provided in class | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Week 5 | Sep. 29 | Human Health Implications: Life/Productivity Valuation | Notes provided in class | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Weeks 6 | Oct 5 | Vulnerability Assessment: FMD | Notes provided in class | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Weeks 6 | Oct 7 | Vulnerability Assessment: RVF and H1N1 | Notes provided in class | NA |
| Week 7 | Oct 12 | Vulnerability Assessment: AI-China | Notes provided in class | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Week 7 | Oct 14 | Vulnerability Assessment: AI-Texas | Notes provided in class | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Weeks 8 | Oct 19 | Balancing problem | [Notes](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/balancing.pdf) | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Weeks 8 | Oct 21 | Investment: Vaccination, Carcass Disposal and Animal ID | [Notes](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/cd.pdf) | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Week 9 | Oct 26 | Policy Interventions | Notes provided in class | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| “ | “ | Compensation Issues | [Notes](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/compensation.pdf) | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Week 9 | Oct 28 | Regulatory Issues: Trade by [Dr. Boadu](http://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/boadu-fred/) | [Notes](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/regulatory1.pdf) | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Week 10 | Nov 2 | Regulatory Issues: Zoning by [Dr. Boadu](http://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/boadu-fred/) | Notes provided in class | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Weeks 10 | Nov 4 | Probability, Risk and Stochastic Dominance | [Notes](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/risk.pdf) | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Weeks 11 | Nov 9 | Advanced Stochastic Dominance and BRAC | Notes continue from previous | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Weeks 11 | Nov 1 | Evaluation and Terrorism | [Notes](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/terror.pdf) | [Readings](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/jin-yanhong/courses/AGEC689/documents/readings.pdf) |
| Weeks 12 to 14 | Nov 16, 18, and 23 | Student presentation | . | . |
| Week 15 | Nov 30 and Dec 2 | Related issues and wrap-up | . | . |
| Week 16 | Dec 7 | Final Review | . | . |
| . | Dec 9 | Reading day, no class | . | . |
| . | Dec 15th, Wednesday, 1:00 to 3:00 pm at Heldenfels Hall 118. | Final exam | . | . |