18 May 2013

Welcome to the Microeconomics class website for the Spring 2013 semester. You can find the syllabus here. The course starts on 1 Feb. 2012, and runs for 15 weeks. It is your responsibility to be up to date with the material covered, and with possible changes in the schedule. Yours,

Stankov

Here's a preliminary class schedule. Changes may come on a weekly basis so check back regularly:
TA Session 1: Rational decision making: examples
TA Session 2 and 3: Econ 101: Practice questions
TA Session 4: Understanding consumer behavior class notes and a problem set.
TA Session 5 and 6: Graphical analysis of consumer behavior. Income and substitution effects.
TA Session 7 and 8: Understanding the costs of the firm. and a handout on how facebook delivers people.
TA Session 9: The role of firms in the economy. A primer on the macroeconomy.
TA Sessions 10: Practice midterms: Version 1 and Version 2.
TA Sessions 11: Midterm comments: Anonymous results, summary statistics, and discussion of most problematic questions.
TA Session 12 and 13: Costs. Market power.
TA Session 14: How firms behave on the factor markets? and a handout on additional related issues.
Additional material may come up any time so please check back every week.

TA Grade comments: Anonymous results, summary statistics.

Office hours: Friday, 10:00-12:00. Open door policy.