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ECON 203
Dr. Kevin Hasker

Syllabus

            Overview of the Critical Concepts

 

Grades so Far

Exam Room Assignments

Test Rules
I'm a stickler about rules, which means I am very serious about them.
If you can't deal with the test rules or the fairness clause in the syllabus don't take this class.

 

Handouts:

Introduction
Nasrettin Hoca and the Ants
The Utility Axioms

On the general form of CES Demand curves (by Cameron Harwick)

Corner Solutions
The Income and The Substitution Effect

The Envelope Theorem

The Oil Crisis—Sustainable Cheap Energy

Malthus and the Population Trap
The Properties of the Cost Function

 

General Equilibrium:

Welfare Lecture -- Section 2 not required.

The utility functions we will use in GE

A General Overview of General Equilibrium

General Equilibrium in an Exchange Economy

Robinson Crusoe Economies

GE for CES Exchange

 

Practice Questions

 

Answer Keys:

Midterm

Quiz

Final Exam

                                        

 

Note that you are allowed to make a copy of any quiz or test and dispute any grades.  BUT PLEASE HAVE ALL GRADING DISCUSSIONS IN WRITING.  If you discuss anything with me--even "Is this grading correct?"-- I cannot change your grade.

 

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