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Econ21: Intermediate Microeconomics - Summer 2007

Readings: The textbook for this course is Hal Varian's Intermediate Microeconomics, Norton, 7th edition, 2006. The accompanying workbook is Workouts in Intermediate Microeconomics, by Bergstrom and Varian, 6th edition. Wheelock has the textbook and the study guide since this week. ISBN number is 0-393-16711-9 for the package.

Instructor: Wolfgang Gick, 313 Rockefeller (Office hours: Mon & Wed 3-4:30). If you'd like to meet me during other times, email me: w.gick@dartmouth.edu

 

Class Meetings:

 

 

Section 10: MWF 10:00-11:05  [x-hour: Thur 12-12:50]

 

Section 12: MWF 12:30-1:35  [x-hour: Tue 1-1:50]

 

 

Location: Carson 060

 

 Chapters relevant for final exam:

 Budget constraint ch 2 (entirely)
 Preferences 3 (entirely)
 Utility 4 (entirely)
 Choice 5.1-5.3, and 5.5

 D
emand 6.1-6.7
 Slutsky 8.1-8.5 and 8.8

 Buying and Selling 9.1 - 9.4 and 9.6
 Present/Future consumption 10.1 to 10.4
 Consumer’s surplus 14.1, 14.6 to 14.8
 Market demand 15.1, 15.2, 15.5-15.7
 Monopoly 24.1-24.6
 
Monopoly behavior 25.1-25.6
 

 

Course Material

      Syllabus  New version August 9, 07  

 

Slides

      Slides Set #1   June 24, 07

      Slides Set #2

      Slides Set #3

      Slides Set #4

      Slides Set #5

      Slides Set #6       

      Slides Set #7       

      Slides Set #8     

      Slides Set #9     

      Slides Set #10  

      Slides Set #11 

      Slides Set #12   New version of last slides - Aug 17                                                           Example in class

Problem sets

      Problem Set #1                                           Solutions to Problem Set #1     

      Problem Set #2                                           Solutions to Problem Set #2                  Graph to Problem #2 (thanks, Ashley!!)                      

      Problem Set #3                                           Solutions to Problem Set #3        

       Problem Set #4                                          Solutions to Problem Set #4        

       Problem Set #5                                          Solutions to Problem Set #5                NEW

 

 

Exams and practice exams

      Practice Midterm Exam #1                     Solutions to Practice Midterm Exam #1       

      More Exercises July 17                          Solutions to More Exercises July 17       

      Midterm Exam #1 with solutions          

      Practice Midterm Exam #2                     Solutions to Practice Midterm Exam #2       

      More Exercises August 7                       Solutions to More Exercises August 7     

      Midterm Exam #2 with solutions          

      Practice Final Exam                                Solutions to Practice Final Exam      

 

Handouts

      Handout to the numeric example used in class July 11 (Slutsky, ch. 8)   

      Extra exercises with Lagrangian (Cobb-Douglas and Quasi-linear)                                        Solutions  

      Handout: numeric example Slutsky, ch. 9 - Buying and Selling (July 23)     

      The Full Slutsky - Handout August 3

      A simple example to illustrate why MR(x).... - Handout August 6

 

Articles

      Small, Tall, Grande, Venti - Why?                                                                  Original article (McManus)

      Paying Not To Go To The Gym  DellaVigna/Malmendier, AER 2006

      Bernheim/Rangel: Beyond Revealed Preference: Toward Choice-Theoretic Foundations for Behavioral Welfare Economics

      Ellison: A Model of Add-on Pricing  

      Rochet/Tirole: Two-sided Markets - A Progress Report  

 

 

 

 

 

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Last Update: Aug 24, 07.