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JEAN-FRANCOIS HOUDE

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Raw average: 2.33/5 from 6 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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ECON 706
Quality 1/5Difficulty 1/5
Houde is the most insincere Professor you'll ever meet. Never trust him in anything that he says. Or you will end up compromising your career and grades. As far as possible, avoid him being your teacher or PhD research guide (based on reviews from PhD students at UW Madison). He says something else, does something else. Never true to his words.
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ECON 468
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
Awful lectures, problem sets and exams. Does not do practice problems that relate to homework or exams in class. The things he does talk about he does not explain very well. Makes the exams/problem sets incredibly difficult
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ECON 468
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Houde is the most disorganized professor I've seen in my life. And it is outrageous to cancel the lecture one hour before the lecture. It seems that he does not like teaching.
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ECON 410
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Material itself was challenging, but Houde did a good job of taking time to explain it. One very annoying student made class unbearable. I studied the notes a ton to do well. The "D-day" analogy is right on. I would almost break-down in tears during the exam, then find out my 65% was an A!
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ECON 410
Quality 4/5Difficulty 5/5
First exam average was 43/100. Second: 76/100. He curves so that average is a B so he is not sadistic. Exams are like the D-day beach assault, many die but you end up winning. His accent and hand writing make lecture sometimes hard to follow. Pray for a good TA because they are in charge of a large portion of the class. Textbook was GREAT!Good luck
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ECON 410
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
He is very separated from the TA in teaching this class. He leaves topics very vague. Also his lectures are intolerable(and I am an Econ major). The math is very easy, however, and he does a good job of explaining it.
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Spring 2026ECON 904Workshop on Industrial Organization
Fall 2025ECON 761Industrial Organization Theory
Fall 2025ECON 899Recent Advances in Economics
Fall 2024ECON 880Topics in Computational Economics
Spring 2024ECON 762Empirical Analysis of Industrial Organization and Public Policy
Fall 2023ECON 581Honors Thesis
Fall 2023ECON 899Recent Advances in Economics
Spring 2023ECON 762Empirical Analysis of Industrial Organization and Public Policy
Fall 2022ECON 899Recent Advances in Economics
Spring 2022ECON 899Recent Advances in Economics
Spring 2022ECON 990Thesis
Fall 2021ECON 899Recent Advances in Economics
Fall 2021ECON 999Independent Work
Fall 2020ECON 458Industrial Structure and Competitive Strategy
Fall 2020ECON 706Econometrics III
Fall 2020ECON 990Thesis
Spring 2020ECON 999Independent Work
Fall 2019ECON 468Industrial Organization and Imperfect Competition
Fall 2019ECON 706Econometrics III
Fall 2019ECON 717Applied Econometrics
Fall 2018ECON 468Industrial Organization and Imperfect Competition
Fall 2018ECON 899Recent Advances in Economics
Spring 2012ECON 468Industrial Organization and Imperfect Competition
Spring 2012ECON 761Industrial Organization Theory
Fall 2011ECON 903Workshop on Industrial Organization
Fall 2010ECON 468Industrial Organization and Imperfect Competition
Fall 2010ECON 762Empirical Analysis of Industrial Organization and Public Policy
Fall 2010ECON 903Workshop on Industrial Organization
Spring 2010ECON 761Industrial Organization Theory
Spring 2010ECON 904Workshop on Industrial Organization
Fall 2009ECON 410Introductory Econometrics
Fall 2009ECON 468Industrial Organization and Imperfect Competition
Fall 2009ECON 699Directed Study
Spring 2009ECON 699Directed Study
Spring 2009ECON 761Industrial Organization Theory
Spring 2009ECON 904Workshop on Industrial Organization
Fall 2008ECON 410Introductory Econometrics
Fall 2008ECON 699Directed Study
Fall 2008ECON 903Workshop on Industrial Organization
Spring 2008ECON 468Industrial Organization and Imperfect Competition
Spring 2008ECON 762Empirical Analysis of Industrial Organization and Public Policy
Fall 2007ECON 410Introductory Econometrics
Fall 2007ECON 903Workshop on Industrial Organization
Spring 2007ECON 904Workshop on Industrial Organization
Fall 2006ECON 468Industrial Organization and Imperfect Competition
Fall 2006ECON 761Industrial Organization Theory

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