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 in html that can be opened in any browserYou can find a downloadable PDF in each respective class page
Practice problems we work on together in class to prepare for homeworks and exams
Assignments are generally 11:59 PM Sundays on Blackboard

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

Relevant materials (if applicable, icons will become links) will be posted before class meets.

I. Rational Choice Theory: Consumers	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 Wed Feb 17
1.5 Demand
1.6 Income and Substitution Effects
1.7 Price Elasticity
Problem Set 2 due Sun Feb 28
Exam 1 week of Mar 1
II. Rational Choice Theory: Producers	Content	Slides	Practice	Assignment
2.1 Production, Specialization, and Firms
2.2 Short Run and Long Run Production
2.3 Cost Minimization
Problem Set 3 due Sun Mar ¹⁴⁄₂₁
2.4 Costs of Production
2.5 Short Run Profit Maximization
2.6 Long Run Industry Equilibrium
Problem Set 4 due Sun Mar 28/Sun April 4
Exam 2 week of April 5
III. Market Equilibrium	Content	Slides	Practice	Assignment
3.1 The Supply and Demand Model
3.2 Market Competition and Surpluses
3.3 Entrepreneurship, Profits, & Prices
3.4 Welfare Economics & Market Failures
3.5 Political Economy
Problem Set 5 due Sun Apr 25
IV. Imperfect Competition	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 Factor Markets: Labor Markets
4.5 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
4.6 Contestable Markets and Wrap Up
Problem Set 6 (Ungraded Practice)
Op-Ed Due Fri May 14
Final Exam week of May 16