Sept. 2017

Welcome to the Introduction to Economics class. Please find the syllabus here. The Syllabus presents the rules of the game, including grading criteria and other important course requirements. Please read it carefully. We will also discuss it on our first class.

Yours,
Stankov.

Here is a list of class presentations and additional materials for your exam preparation. Please check back regularly for updates.

Week 01: Course preliminaries. here.
Week 01: Lecture 01: What is Economics about and why study it? here.
Week 02: Lecture 02: Rational decision making. here.
Week 03: Discussion 01: A problem set over L1 and L2. here.
Week 04: Lecture 03: What makes consumers buy goods and services? here.
Week 05: Discussion 02: A problem set over L3. here.
Week 06: Lecture 04: Types of goods and services. here.
Week 07: Discussion 03: A problem set over L4. here.
Week 08: Midterm 1.
Week 09: Lecture 05: Demand elasticities. here.
Week 10: Lecture 06: Supply and supply elasticity. here.
Week 11: Discussion 04: A problem set over L5 and L6. here.
Week 12: Lecture 07: Market equilibrium and efficiency of the market mechanism. here.
Week 13: Discussion 05: A problem set over L7. here.
Week 14: Exam preparation. Discussion of the problematic questions on past exams.
Week 15: What comes after studying Introduction to Economics? Student evaluations.


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