Course Information
TA COURSE EVALUATION: Link (open Fri 04/18 to Fri 05/02)
Lectures: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30am-10:45am, 6210 Sewell Social Sciences
Key links:
Office hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00pm - 3:00pm, 6470 Sewell Social Sciences
Discussion sections:
DIS 362: Thursdays, 4:35pm-5:25pm, 6232 Sewell Social Sciences
DIS 365: Fridays, 11:00am-11:50am, 6314 Sewell Social Sciences
DIS 363: Fridays, 12:05pm-12:55am, 6314 Sewell Social Sciences
Assignments and Exams
Exams:
Midterm 1: Tuesday, Feb 25, 9:30am-10:45am, 6210 Sewell Social Sciences
Midterm 2: Tuesday, Apr 8, 9:30am-10:45am, 6210 Sewell Social Sciences
Final Exam: Tuesday, May 6, 10:05am-12:05pm, TBD
Homework:
Due Feb. 4: Homework 1, bonus homework
Due Feb. 18: Homework 2
Due Mar. 4: Homework 3
Due Mar. 18: Homework 4
Due Apr. 1: Homework 5
Due Apr 22: Homework 6
Due May 1: Homework 7
Quizzes:
Due weekly at midnight each Monday and are available on Canvas each Sunday at 6pm unless otherwise specified in bold below (and on Canvas)
Quiz #1: Due 01/27 (link)
Quiz #2: Due 02/03 (link)
Quiz #3: Due 02/10 (link)
Quiz #4: Due 02/17 (link)
Quiz #5: Due 02/25 at 11am (link)
Quiz #6: Due 03/03 (link)
Quiz #7: Due 03/17 (link)
Quiz #8: Available midnight 03/23, Due 03/24 (link)
Quiz #9: Due 03/31 (link)
Quiz #10: Due 04/07 (link)
Quiz #11: Due 04/14 (link)
Quiz #12: Due 04/21 (link)
Quiz #13: Available midnight 04/27, Due 04/28 (link)
Discussion Sections
Week 0: Jan 23 & 24
Topic: Introductions, math review, production possibility frontiers (PPFs) and trade
Week 1: Jan 30 & 31
Topic: Supply & demand, equilibrium, substitute/complement goods, normal/inferior goods
Week 2: Feb 6 & 7
Topic: Consumer & producer surplus, elasticity
Week 3: Feb 13 & 14
Topic: Price controls & quotas
Week 4: Feb 20 & 21
Topic: Taxes, tariffs
Week 5: Feb 27 & 28
Topic: Costs, marginal value, present value
Lecture slides: Thursday (no lecture Tuesday due to exam)
Week 6: Mar 6 & 7
Topic: Budget constraints, utility maximization, & substitution effects
Week 7: Mar 13 & 14
Topic: Producer theory
Week 8: Mar 20 & 21
Topic: Monopoly & price discrimination
Week 9: NO DISCUSSIONS, happy spring break!
Week 10: Apr 3 & 4
Topic: Oligopoly & Game Theory
Week 11: Apr 10 & 11
Topic: Externalities
Lectures: Thursday (no lecture Tuesday due to exam)
Week 12: Apr 17 & 18
Topic: Public Goods
Week 13: Apr 24 & 25
Topic: Income Inequality, Risk and Uncertainty, & Adverse Selection
Week 14: May 1 & 2
Topic:
Handout, Solutions