Economics 4590

Research Seminar on Alternative Assets

Professor Edwin T. Burton

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Monroe 262

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Virginia National Bank Building
2nd Floor Boardroom

212 731-2340 (etb6d@virginia.edu)

Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 11-12 AM in Monroe 262

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This course may be entered only by directly applying for entrance to Professor Burton. Please send an email with resume to etb6d@virginia.edu to apply for admission. The course is open only to 4th years, but it is open to all students in the University regardless of major or School.

Class Meetings: (all class meetings are in the Boardroom of the Virginia National Bank Building)

August 24th: 6 PM until 8 PM (Prof Burton Lecture 1)
August 25th: 6 PM until 8 PM (Prof Burton Lecture 2)

This course is a two semester sequence.

This class divides itself into groups of three to five students.  Each group selects a topic and will do research on that topic during the course of the year.

Each group will make a formal one-hour presentation of their research results in March of 2012.

Readings: TBA

By October 1st, each group will prepare an outline of their research plans including sources (maximum two page outline).  By December 2nd, each group will prepare a five page summary of where their research is taking them and roughly what they plan to present in March of 2012 and what remains to be done to get there. From time to time (randomly), we will have invited dinner guests.  Dinner consists of pizza at the VNB boardroom.  Normally, these dinners are at 6PM.  They last maximum one and one-half hour.  After dinner, students especially interested in the visitor can adjourn to Arch's (or similar) and chat with visitor.  There are no set times for these dinners.  The dinners are dutch-treat.  In fact, we look for volunteers to pick up the pizza and soda for each meeting and volunteers to brief the rest of the class on the background and history of the visitor and their business prior to the visitor's appearance.