Department of Economics UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Econ600 - Graduate Microeconomics I

Announcements

• The TA for the course is Kelvin Ma. Tutorial times are Friday at noon in B303.
• My office hours are Wednesday 2-4.
• Midterm Answers

Course Details

1. • Course Outline
   • Note on constrained optimization.
   • An online Math Tutorial for economists by Martin Osborne
2. • Lecture Notes - Choice Theory.
     • Last Revised: 2007-01-13 17:06:40 -0800 (Sat, 13 Jan 2007)(Revision: 74)
   • Chapter 1. Try all the problems, but we will restrict discussion to 1.D.2 through 1.D.5
   • Answers for the first problem set
3. • Lecture Notes on Demand Theory
     • Last Revised: 2007-01-12 16:19:03 -0800 (Fri, 12 Jan 2007)(Revision: 67)
   • Chapter 2. Do problems 2F10,2F13 and 2F16.
   • Chapter 3. Do problems 3.C.6, 3.D.4, 3.E.4, 3.E.8., 3.G.2
   • Markus' tutorial notes
4. • Lecture Notes on Choice under Uncertainty
     • Last Revised: 2011-09-20 09:55:05 -0700 (Tue, 20 Sep 2011)(Revision: 154)
   • Lecture on Prospect Theory
   • An Elementary introduction to expected utility
   • Risk Aversion
     • Last Revised: 2007-01-13 17:31:50 -0800 (Sat, 13 Jan 2007)(Revision: 84)
   • Elementary Reading on Risk Aversion
   • Chapter 6, Problems 6.B3, 6.B5, 6.F.2, 6.C.9, 6.C.17, 6.D.2
5. • Introduction to General Equilibrium
     • Last Revised: 2007-01-13 16:47:46 -0800 (Sat, 13 Jan 2007)(Revision: 72)
   • Private Ownership Economies
     • Last Revised: 2011-10-26 12:13:22 -0700 (Wed, 26 Oct 2011)(Revision: 164)
   • Undergrad Introductory Reading on General Equilibrium
   • Chapter 10, Problems 10.B.1 to 10.D.4
   • Chapter 19. Problems 19.c.4, 19.c.5, 19.e.2,19.e.6,19.f.1
   • Equilibrium with Uncertainty
     • Last Revised: 2011-11-10 11:32:55 -0800 (Thu, 10 Nov 2011)(Revision: 165)
6. Notes on Rational Expectations
   • Last Revised: 2011-11-24 17:03:16 -0800 (Thu, 24 Nov 2011)(Revision: 172)
   Problems are 19.h.6 and 19.h.7
7. Notes on Hedonic Equilibrium
   • Last Revised: 2011-12-01 09:48:17 -0800 (Thu, 01 Dec 2011)(Revision: 175)
8. Extra Problems from Past Exams