Date |
Notes |
Readings |
Homework/Exams |
Keys |
| Week 1 (Aug. 21,23) |
Lecture 1:Introduction. Budget constraints |
Varian: Chapters 1, 2 |
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| Week 2 (Aug. 28,30) |
Lecture 2:Preferences and Utilities |
Varian: Chapters 3,4 |
Homework 1, due September 6th |
Key homework 1 |
| Week 3 (Sept. ,6) |
Lecture 3: Optimal choice. Lagrange multipliers method. |
Varian: Chapter 5 |
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| Week 4 (Sept. 11,13) |
Lecture 4: Properties of demand |
Varian: Chapter 6 |
Homework 2, due September 20th |
Key homework 2 |
| Week 5 (Sept. 18) |
Lecture 5: Slutsky equation |
Varian: Chapter 8 |
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| Week 5 (Sept. 20) |
PARTIAL EXAM I |
Varian Chapters 1-6, 8 |
Sample exam I |
 Partial exam 1 key |
| Week 6 (Sept. 25,27) |
Lecture 6: Buying and Selling |
Varian: Chapter 9 |
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| Week 7 (Oct. 2,4) |
Lecture 7: General equilibrium in pure-exchange economies |
Varian: Chapter 31 |
Homework 3, due October 11th |
Key homework 3 |
| Week 8 (Oct. 9) |
Lecture 8: Welfare properties of equilibrium |
Varian: Chapter 31 |
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| Week 9 (Oct. 16,18) |
Lecture 9: Production sets |
Varian: Chapter 18 |
Homework 4, due Oct. 24th |
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| Week 10 (Oct. 23) |
Lecture 10: Profit maximization and cost minimization |
Varian: Chapters 19, 20 |
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| Week 10 (Oct. 25) |
PARTIAL EXAM II |
Varian: Chapters 31, 18 |
Sample exam II |
Key partial exam II |
| Week 11 (Oct. 30, Nov. 1) |
Lecture 11: Robinson Crusoe economies. Partial equilibrium |
Varian: Chapters 32, 16 |
Homework 5, due November 13th |
Key homework 5 |
| Week 12 (Nov. 6,8) |
Lecture 12: Monopoly |
Varian: Chapters 24, 25.1-4 |
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| Week 13 (Nov. 13,15) |
Lecture 13: Oligopoly |
Varian: Chapter 27.5-6 |
Homework 6, due Nov. 27 |
Key homework 6 |
| Week 14 (Nov. 20,27,29) |
REVIEW SESSIONS |
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Sample final |
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| December... |
FINAL EXAM |
Chapters 1-6, 8, 9, 16, 18-20, 24, 25(1-4), 27(5,6), 31, 32 |
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