Using  the Schedule

     Tip: Before each class, read the scheduled chapter in the text, and click on the

    subject description to download lecture notes on PowerPoint 2003 slides.  On

  selected dates, complete and submit homework assignments, with explanations for your answers so that, if you make mistakes, you can receive comments on where you went wrong.  For example, H1 below refers to the first homework assignment.  H1 Due gives you the due date, and clicking on Start H1 gives you the assignment.

Tip: Note that class meets on the Monday before Thanksgiving, and the final exam is on Wednesday, December 16th.  Adjust your travel plans to attend every class meeting, and to take the final when scheduled.

August

Part I: Microeconomic analysis common to all market environments

Monday, 31st

Lesson I-1: Demand and Supply Definitions, Chapter 2, Start H1

September

Thursday, 3rd

Lesson I-2: Predicting the Future with Competitive Equilibrium, Chapter 2

Monday, 7th

Labor Day Vacation

Thursday, 10th

Lesson I-3: Predicting with Comparative Statics, Chapter 2

Monday, 14th

Lesson I-4: Making Decisions with Elasticity, Chapter 3, Start H2

Thursday, 17th

Lesson I-5: Quantifying Decisions with Regression Analysis, Chapter 3, H1 Due*

Monday, 21st

Lesson I-6: Rational Consumers, Chapter 4,Start H3

Thursday, 24th

Lesson I-7: Manipulating Consumers, Chapter 4, H2 Due*

Monday, 28th

Lesson I-8: Minimizing Cost with Production Functions, Chapter 5, Start H4

October

Thursday, 1st

Lesson I-9: Accounting with Cost Functions, Chapter 5, H3 Due*

Monday, 5th

Review for Exam 1, H4 Due**

Thursday, 8th

Review of Exam 1 Version A and Version B

Monday, 12th

First Exam 1hour 40 minutes (100 minutes), starting at the usual class time

Part II: Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, and Game Theory analysis for competitive, monopolistic, and oligopolistic market environments

Thursday, 15th

Lesson II-1: Managing in Competitive Markets, Chapter 8, Start H5

Monday, 19th

Lesson II-2: Managing in Monopolistic Markets, Chapter 8

Thursday, 22nd

Lesson II-3: Managing in Oligopolistic Markets, Chapter 9, Start H6

Monday, 26th

Lesson II-4: More Oligopolistic Models, Chapter 9, H5 Due*

Thursday, 29th

Lesson II-5: Playing Games, Chapter 10, Start H7

November

Monday, 2nd

Lesson II-6: Being Unpredictable, Chapter 10, H6 Due*

Thursday, 5th

Lesson II-7: Threatening Punishment, Chapter 10, Start H8

Monday, 9th

Lesson II-8: Calling Bluffs, Chapter 10, H7 Due*

Thursday, 12th

Review for Exam 2, H8 Due**

Monday, 16th

Review of Exam 2 Version A and Version B

Thursday, 19th

Second Exam 1hour 40 minutes (100 minutes), starting at the usual class time

Part III: Advanced analysis of pricing and information

Monday, 23rd

Lesson III-1: Markup Pricing and Capturing Consumer Surplus, Chapter 11, Start H9

Thursday, 26th

Thanksgiving Vacation

Monday, 30th

Lesson III-2: Commodity Bundling and Other Pricing Rules, Chapter 11

December

Thursday, 3rd

Lesson III-3: Statistical Decision Making, Start H10

Monday, 7th

Lesson III-4: The Value of Information, H9 Due*

Thursday, 10th

Review for Final Exam, H10 Due**

Wednesday, 16th

Final Exam 10:30-1:00, for 12-1:30 section

Wednesday, 16th

Final Exam 1:30-4:00, for 2-3:30 section

*Note:

For each day with a homework due, blackboard will make my answers available by 4:00 pm on that day.  Within one week after it is due, you should expect to have each homework graded and posted in blackboard, and your original answers available in class.

**Note:

H4, H7, and H10 answers will be available at the start of class on the days due, and full points are awarded for any reasonable effort.