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Lectures |
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Homework |
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| August 27 |
Lecture 1: An Introduction to Market Equilibrium (Varian, 1.1-1.5) |
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| August 29 |
Lecture 2: Monopolistic Markets(Varian 1.6,1.7) |
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| August 31 |
Lecture 3: Efficiency (Varian, 1.8-1.11) |
Slides for lectures 1-3 |
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| September 5 |
Lecture 4: Budget Constraints (Varian, 2.1-2.5) |
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| September 7 |
Lecture 5: Budget Constraints- continued (Varian, 2.6-2.7) |
Slides for lectures 4,5 |
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Key Hw 1 |
| September 10 |
Lecture 6: Preferences (Varian, 3.1-3.3) |
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| September 12 |
Lecture 7: Preferences- continued (Varian, 3.4-3.7) |
Slides for lectures 6,7 |
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| September 14 |
Lecture 8: Utility (Varian 4.1-4.3) |
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| September 17 |
Lecture 9: Utility - continued (Varian 4.4-4.6) |
Slides for lectures 8,9 |
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| September 19 |
Lecture 10: Choice (Varian 5.1-5.3) |
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| September 21 |
Lecture 11: Methods for solving optimization problems (Varian appendix to ch.5) |
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HW 2 |
Key Hw 2 |
| September 24 |
Lecture 12: Demand (Varian 6.1-...) |
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| September 26 |
Lecture 13: Demand - continued (Varian Ch. 6) |
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| September 28 |
Lecture 14: Review |
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| October 1 |
Fist partial exam |
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Key partial exam 1 |
| October 3 |
Lecture 15: Demand for SUV-s: US versus EU |
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| October 5 |
Lecture 16: Income and Substitution Effects (Varian 8.1-8.2) |
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HW 3 |
Key Hw 3 |
| October 8 |
Lecture 17: Slutsky Decomposition: Examples (Varian 8.3-8.7) |
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| October 10 |
Lecture 18: Hicks Decomposition (Varian 8.8-8.9) |
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| October 12 |
Lecture 19: Buying and Selling (Varian 9.1-9.4) |
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| October 17 |
Lecture 20: Labor Supply (Varian 9.8,9.9) |
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| October 19 |
Lecture 21: Equilibrium in Pure-Exchange Economies (Varian 31.1-31.4) |
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HW 4 |
Key Hw 4 |
| October 22 |
Lecture 22: The Algebra of Equilibrium (Varian 31.5-31.7) |
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| October 24 |
Lecture 23: Pareto Efficiency (Varian 31.8-31.10) |
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| October 26 |
Lecture 24: Welfare Theorems (Varian 31.11-31.13) |
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| October 29 |
Lecture 25: Technology (Varian, chapter 18) |
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| October 31 |
Lecture 26: Profit Maximization (Varian 19.1,19.6,19.8,19.9) |
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| November 2 |
Lecture 27: Cost Minimization (Varian 20...) |
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HW 5 |
Key Hw 5 |
| November 5 |
Lecture 28: Robinson Crusoe Economies (Varian, sections 32.1-32.6) |
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| November 7 |
Review Session |
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| November 9 |
Partial Exam II |
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Key partial exam 2 |
| November 12 |
Lecture 29: Robinson Crusoe Econmies (Varian 32.7-32.9) |
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| November 14 |
Lecture 30: Robinson Crusoe and Friday (Varian 32.10-32.14) |
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| November 16 |
Lecture 31: Partial Equilibrium Analysis. The Social cost of Taxation (Varian, ch. 16 ) |
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HW 6 |
Key Hw 6 |
| November 19 |
Lecture 32: Monopoly (Varian ch. 24) |
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| November 21 |
Lecture 33: Monopoly (Varian ch. 24) |
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| November 26 |
Lecture 34: Monopoly Behavior (ch. 25) |
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| November 28 |
Lecture 35: Review session |
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| November 30 |
Review Session (Varian, chapters 1-7) |
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HW 7 |
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| December 3 |
Urmi holds review session Review problems |
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| December 5 |
Second Review Session (Varian, chapters 8,9, 31) |
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| December 7 |
Third Review Session |
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| December 11 |
Office hours 10am-12pm |
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