ECON 306 — Microeconomic Analysis
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Schedule

This page contains all of the following resources for each class meeting:

  • Content materials contains suggested readings, more details about assignments, math appendices, and other helpful resources. I suggest you view these before each class.
  • Slides are “Xaringan” presentations that can be opened in any browser (You can find a downloadable PDF in each content page)
  • Practice problems we work on together in class to prepare for homeworks and exams
  • Assignments are listed with due dates

Please note that the lesson numbers, topics, and titles (e.g. 1.1) are my design, and do not match up with the textbook!

Relevant materials, if applicable will be posted before class meets and become colored links.

I. Rational Choice Theory: Consumers

Title Content Slides Practice Assignment
Preliminary Survey
1.1 — The Tools of Microeconomics
1.2 — Budget Constraint
1.3 — Preferences
1.4 — Utility Maximization
Problem Set 1 due Fri Sep 16
1.5 — Demand
1.6 — Income and Substitution Effects
1.7 — Price Elasticity of Demand
Problem Set 2 due Fri Sep 23
Exam 1 on Mon/Tue Sep 26/27

II. Rational Choice Theory: Producers

Title Content Slides Practice Assignment
2.1 — Production, Specialization, and Firms
2.2 — Production Technology
2.3 — Cost Minimization
Problem Set 3 due Fri Oct 14
2.4 — Costs of Production
2.5 — Short Run Profit Maximization
2.6 — Long Run Industry Equilibrium
Problem Set 4 due Fri Oct 21
Exam 2 on Wed/Thu Oct 26/27

III. Market Equilibrium

Title Content Slides Practice Assignment
3.1 — The Supply and Demand Model
3.2 — Market Competition and Surpluses
3.3 — The Static Benefits of Markets: Welfare Economics & Market Failure
3.4 — The Dynamic Benefits of Markets: Entrepreneurship, Profits, & Prices
3.5 — Introduction to Political Economy
Problem Set 5 due Mon Nov 28

IV. Imperfect Competition

Title Content Slides Practice Assignment
4.1 — Modeling Firms with Market Power
4.2 — Consequences and Sources of Market Power
4.3 — Pricing Strategies
4.4 — Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
4.5 — Contestable Markets and Wrap Up
Problem Set 6 (Ungraded)
Op-Ed due Mon Dec 5
Final Exam on Wed/Thu Dec 7/8
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