Victor O. Lima

Welcome to the homepage of Elements of Economic Analysis II. In it you will find useful resources for the course, including meeting time and place, class and TA session schedule, syllabus, problem sets, sample exams, solutions, contact information, links to related sites, and important announcements.

Announcements

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Links

• Undergraduate Economics Program Homepage
• Undergraduate Economics Program Newsletter

Midterm Date and Location

• The midterm will be this Thursday from 7:00 to 8:30 in Cobb 110 and Cobb 116. You can pick whichever room you wish.

Course Syllabus

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Lecture Schedule

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Lecture Notes

• Constrained Optimization (PDF)
• Chapter 1: Technology (Forthcoming) (PDF)
• Chapter 2: Cost Minimization (PDF)
• Chapter 3: The Short Run (PDF)
• Chapter 4: Cost Curves (Forthcoming) (PDF)
• Chapter 5: Duality (Forthcoming) (PDF)
• Chapter 6: Profit Maximization (PDF)
• Chapter 7: Firm Supply (PDF)
• Chapter 8: The Theory of the Firm (Forthcoming) (PDF)
• Chapter 9: Industry Supply (Forthcoming) (PDF)
• Chapter 10: General Equilbirium of a Production Economy (PDF)
• Chapter 11: The Planning Problem (PDF)
• Chapter 12: A 2-Sector Economy (Forthcoming) (PDF)
• Chapter 13: The Arrow Debreu Economy (Forthcoming) (PDF)
• Chapter 14: The Core (Fortcoming) (PDF)
• Chapter 15: Monopoly (Really Preliminary) (PDF)
• Chapter 16: Price Discrimination (Forthcoming) (PDF)
• Chapter 17: Oligopoly (PDF)
• Chapter 19: Public Goods (Forthcoming) (PDF)
• Chapter 19: Externalities (Forthcoming) (PDF)
• Chapter 20: Information (Forthcoming) (PDF)

Course Material

• Sherwin Rosen, "The Economics of Superstars " American Economic Review, Volume 71, Issue 5, December, 1981, pp. 845-858. (PDF)
• Charles M. Tiebout, "A Pure Theory of Local Expemditures," The Journal of Political Economy, Volume 64, Issue 5, October 1956, pp. 416-424. (PDF)
• George J. Stigler, "A Theory of Oligopoly," Journal of Political Economy, Volume 72, Issue 1, February, 1964, pp. 44-61 (PDF)

Problem Sets

• Problem Set 1
• Problem Set 2
• Problem Set 3
• Problem Set 4
• Problem Set 5
• Problem Set 6

Solutions to Problem Sets

• Solution to Problem Set 1
• Solution to Problem Set 2
• Solution to Problem Set 3
• Solution to Problem Set 4
• Solution to Problem Set 5
• Solution to Problem Set 6

Midterm

• Sample Midterm
• Study Guide for the Midterm

Final

• Sample Final

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