Section A1 MW 10:00 11:50 AM INI DEC FRIDAY 11:00 TO 12:50 pm INI DEC Text Microeconomics and behavior 8th edition, Robert H. Frank David L. Lamont Tepper 306 - Old part of the building mg00@andrew.cmu.edu 412-268-7578 - office voice - nearly worthless 412-608-4933 mobile if urgent Administrative Coordinator Jean Andrews 268-8843 - not worthless ja23@andrew.cmu.edu Teaching Assistants Section A1
Gautam Dambekodi Navinchand gdambeko@andrew.cmu.edu Alok Ranjan alokr@andrew.cmu.edu Kavya Murali kmurali@andrew.cmu.edu
Grading
Exam 1 Exam 2 Exam 3 Exam 4 TOTAL POSSIBLE 100 100 100 100 400
We will lay a foundation of microeconomic theory and practice so that you will be able to take more advanced economic classes if you wish to do so. We will cover consumer theory and producer theory plus some game theory concepts.
Schedule of Activities
Class # 1 2 Date 8/27 8/29 Topic Reading Assignment due as class begins Points
Introduction preview of topics to come Supply and Demand Frank Ch curves 1,2
8/31
No recitation needed
Homework 1 Chapter 1 Problems 1,2,3,4,7,9,15 Chapter 2 Problems: 1,2,3,5,6,7,9 Leave this Friday open
9/3
9/5
Frank Ch 3
Frank Ch 4
Homework 2 Chapter 3 PROBLEMS: 1,3,5,10,13,16,18,19 APPENDIX Problems #1,2,3 Homework 3 Chapter 4 Problems 1,4,6,7,9,13
100
9/14 9/17
9/19
9/21
Homework
Homework Review
9/24 6 9/26
9/28
COSTS
Homework 5 Chapter 9 Problems 3,4,5,8,9,10 Chapter 10 Problems 1,2,7,8,9,10,11 Homework 6 Chapter 11 Problems 2,3,5,6,7,8,13,15,16 Chapter 12 problem 2,3,7,9,11,12,16 TAs may hold additional review on the weekend
10/1
Frank Ch 11,12
Review
Clear this Friday
10/10 10/12
Review for Exam 4 Exam 4 Reading days, exam days and mid-semester break 100 Points
11
10/15
13
10/17 TO 10/19