Lectures: | TR 9:30 – 10:50 am, 08/22 - 12/16, Hamilton 0169 |
Recitation for Sec 3: | Tuesday 2:10 – 4:00 pm,East 0111 |
Recitation for Sec 4: | Wednesday 2:10 – 4:00 pm, East 0111 |
Instructor: | Hang Qian |
Office hours: | Heady 83, Tuesday, Thursday, 10:50 – 12:20 |
TA Section 3: | Kenneth Liao |
Office hours: | B8B Curtiss, Tuesday 1:00-2:00 |
TA Section 4: | Mark Senia |
Office hours: | Heady 280A,Wednesday 1:00-2:00 |
Microeconomics: Theory and Applications with Calculus (second edition)
by Jeffrey M. Perloff,
ISBN-13: 9780138008475.
Syllabus of Econ 301, Fall 2011
01 Introduction to Econ 301 Fall
03 A Consumer Constrained Choice
A note on continuity of preference
05 Consumer Welfare (Food Stamp)
08 Competitive Firms and Markets
Note: To save trees and keep the earth beautiful, I recommend you print 4 or 6 slides per page.12/06 The last exam will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 9:45 - 11:45am following the University's exam schedule. I will hold office hours on Monday (Dec. 12) 3:00 - 5:00pm and Tuesday (Dec. 13) 12:30 - 2:00pm, You are also welcome to raise your questions by email. Good luck!
11/27 We will have a lab class on Dec. 1, 9:00 - 11:00am at Heady 68.
11/27 I begin to redeem your extra credit certificates.
11/08 Our TA Mark Senia has upgraded his office from Curtiss B11 to Heady 280A.
10/18 The second midterm exam will be held next Tuesday (10/25). Alternative problem-solving exam is held this Thursday (10/20). In addition to regular office hours, I will also be in my office (Heady 83) this Wednesday 3:00-5:00pm.
09/29 I am posting the solutions to Question 4 and 5 of Homework 3 so as to reduce your workload. Just turn in Question 1 – 3 on Tuesday.
Homework 2 (Practice before 09/22/2011)
Exam 1: Date 09/22/2011
Formats: The first midterm exam covers chapter 3 and consists of 20 multiple-choice questions and one problem solving question (with a few sub-questions). The problem to solve is related to the optimal choice under the Cobb-Douglas utility function. Multiple-choice questions cover a variety of topics like axioms of preferences, utility function and indifference curves, budget line, MRS and MRT, and corner solution.
Exam 2: Date 10/25/2011
Formats: The second midterm exam covers everything in chapter 4 and consumer surplus in chapter 5. The exam consists of 20 multiple-choice questions and one problem solving question (with a few sub-questions).
Exam 3: Date 11/17/2011
Formats: The third midterm exam covers chapter 5 (no questions explicitly test consumer surplus) and chapter 6. Chapter 7 will not be covered in this midterm. The exam consists of 20 multiple-choice questions and one problem solving question (with a few sub-questions). One feature is that the exam questions are very close to the materials presented in class, and this feature is expected to be kept in the last exam as well.
Exam 4: University final exam schedule (Wednesday, Dec. 14, 9:45 - 11:45am)
Formats: The exam covers chapter 7 (Costs) and 13 (Game theory). It consists of 20 multiple-choice questions and two problem solving questions (each with 2 sub-questions). For the game theory part, there are no new games shown in the exam. All the games are covered in the class.
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Meeting Time: MTWRF 9:50 – 10:50am, 06/13 - 08/05
Location: East Hall 0111
Instructor: Hang Qian
Office: Heady 69
Office hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 10:50 – 11:50, or by appointment
Microeconomics: Theory and Applications with Calculus (second edition)
by Jeffrey M. Perloff,
ISBN-13: 9780138008475.
This is a second microeconomics course, in which we will use a little calculus to sharpen our economic understandings.
Broadly speaking, the topics covered in this course are similar to those in Econ 101:
consumer and producer theory, competitive and monopolistic markets, externalities and public goods, general equilibrium analysis etc.
However, the materials will be presented in a more formal and in-depth manner.
Bear in mind that this is not a mathematical course.
The goal of using calculus and other mathematical tools is to justify our economic intuition.
Once our intuition is backed by mathematical rigor, we gain the freedom to think like an economist and can apply our knowledge to interpret and solve many real world problems.
Syllabus of Econ 301 Summer 2011
01 Introduction to Econ 301 Summer
03 A Consumer Constrained Choice (0618)
A note on continuity of preference
05 Consumer Welfare (Food Stamp)
06 Firms and Production (0628)
08 Competitive Firms and Markets (0707)
Announcement: If you have not redeemed your extra credit certificates, please redeem them by Friday. Unredeemed certificates expire on Friday (08/05/2011).
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