Class Meeting Week and Days |
Topics
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Projects
and other Deadlines |
Meeting 1
Jan. 24 |
Introduction --
Chapter 2 of Pindyck and Rubenfeld
Demand and Supply |
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Meeting 2
Jan. 31 |
Demand
and Supply |
Chapter
2, Problems 5, 9 |
Meeting 3
February 7 |
Consumer
Behavior and Demand -- Chapters 3, 4 of Pindyck and Rubenfeld |
Chapter 3, Problems
10, 16 |
Meeting 4
February 14 |
Consumer
Behavior and Demand |
Chapter 4, Problems 7, 9, 12 |
Meeting 5
February 21 |
Production -- Chap. 6, 7 of Pindyck and Rubenfeld
Production and Supply Curves |
Chapter 6, Problems 4, 9 |
Meeting 6
February 28 |
Production and Supply Curves |
Chapter 7, Problems 8, 11 |
Meeting 7
March 6 |
Profit
Maximization and Competitive Supply
Chap. 8 |
Chapter 8, Problems 5, 10, 15 |
Meeting 8
March 13 |
Midterm |
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Meeting 9
March 27 |
Market Power: Monopoly and Monopsony
Chapters 10 |
Chapter 10, Problems 8, 12, 14, 18 |
Meeting 10
April 3 |
Pricing with Market Power and Monopolistic
Competition
Chapters 11, 12
|
Read Lessons
from Apple's I-phone pricing strategy
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Meeting 11
April 10 |
Pricing with Market Power |
Chapter 11, Problem 4, 7, 10, 17. |
Meeting 12
April 17 |
Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
Chapter 12 |
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Meeting 13
April 24 |
Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly |
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Meeting 14
May 1 |
Final Exam |
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