Intermediate Price Theory
Syllabi
- Fall 2024
- Fall 2023
Lecture Slides (Fall 2023)
- Lecture Slide #01: Math Review
- Lecture Slide #02 & #03: Budget Constraints
- Lecture Slide #04: Preferences & Utility Functions
- Lecture Slide #05: Introduction to Indifference Curves
- Lecture Slide #06: Indifference Curves and Marginal Analysis
- Lecture Slide #07: The Marginal Rate of Substitution
- Lecture Slide #08: The Utility Maximization Problem (UMP)
- Lecture Slide #09: The UMP with Math
- Lecture Slide #10: Special Cases in the UMP
- Lecture Slide #11: Review of LEC01 to LEC10
- Lecture Slide #12: Comparative Statics - Income
- Lecture Slide #13: Comparative Statics - Price(s)
- Lecture Slide #14: The Substitution Effect
- Lecture Slide #15: Market Demand and Elasticities
- Lecture Slide #16: Review of Consumer Theory
- Lecture Slide #17: Production Technology
- Lecture Slide #18: Cost of Production
- Lecture Slide #19: Profit Maximization
- Lecture Slide #20: Supply, Demand, and Government Interventions
- Lecture Slide #21: Taxation and Subsidies
- Lecture Slide #22: Monopolies and Monopsonies
- Lecture Slide #23: Monopolistic Competition and Oligopolies
- Lecture Slide #24: Game Theory - Static Games
- Lecture Slide #25: Game Theory - Repeated and Dynamic Games
Supplements
- Handout #1: Systems of Equations and Exponents
- Handout #2: Slopes of Linear and Quadratic Functions
- Handout #3: Derivatives
- Handout #4: Partial Derivatives
- Handout #5: Cheat-Sheet for Derivatives
- Handout #6: Geometric Series
Problem Sets
- Problem Set #1
- Problem Set #2
- Problem Set #3
- Problem Set #4
- Problem Set #5
- Problem Set #6
- Problem Set #7
Quizzes
- Quiz #1: Budget Constraints
- Quiz #2: Preferences, Utility, UMP Intro
- Quiz #3: Utility Maximization and Comparative Statics
- Quiz #4: Production, Cost Minimization, and Profit Maximization
Practice Final Exam
Final Exam
- Booklet: Fall 2023
- Answer Key: (Fall 2023, Placeholder)