Boal's Econ 173

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Boal's Econ 173: Lecture Notes and Problem Sets

What's here: These chapters are in PDF format. The first seven chapters contain notes and problems. The remaining chapters contain only problems.

Part 1: Mathematical tools

Chapter 1: Review of basic calculus, notes and problems.
Chapter 2: Introduction to multivariate calculus, notes and problems.

Part 2: Consumers and demand

Chapter 3: Preferences and utility, notes and problems.
Chapter 4: Budgets and choice, notes and problems.
Chapter 5: Demand, notes and problems.
Chapter 6: Market demand and elasticity, problems only.
Chapter 7: Substitution and income effects, notes and problems.
Chapter 8: Measuring consumer welfare, notes and problems.

Part 3: Firms and competition

Chapter 9: Production, problems only.
Chapter 10: Cost, problems only.
Chapter 11: Profit maximization and supply, problems only.
Chapter 12: Welfare analysis, problems only.

Part 4: General equilibrium and market power

Chapter 13: General equilibrium, problems only.
Chapter 14: Monopoly, problems only.
Chapter 15: Collusion, Cournot oligopoly, and monopolistic competition, problems only.
Chapter 16: Game theory, problems only.

Part 5: Further topics

Chapter 17: Externalities and public goods, problems only.
Chapter 18: Uncertainty and information, problems only.
Chapter 19: Input markets, problems only.
Chapter 20: Labor supply, problems only.

Updated August 2010.

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