Economics
802 Prof.
Alexander Karaivanov
Microeconomic
Theory I Fall
2014
http://www.sfu.ca/~akaraiva/e802.html akaraiva@sfu.ca
SYLLABUS
Course Description
This course
is the graduate-level introduction to microeconomic theory. The material that
will be covered includes: consumer theory, production theory, uncertainty, and
short introductions to general equilibrium and game theory.
Organization
The webpage
for the course is:
http://www.sfu.ca/~akaraiva/e802.html
All course
materials, assignments and announcements will be posted on the webpage in pdf or html format.
Assignments and Grading
There will
be weekly assignments (about 10 in total) on which you can work in groups but
each student is required to submit his/her solutions separately. The
assignments will be posted each Friday evening or Saturday morning and due the
following Friday in class. Late submission of no more than 24 hours will be penalized by reducing your score by
50%. No exceptions will be made. There will be one midterm exam (planned for
October 17) and a final exam (date TBA). The final exam is comprehensive. Your overall
course grade will be based on your performance on all of the assignments, the midterm,
and the final as follows:
- assignments: 25% of
the final grade;
- midterm exam: 35% of
the final grade;
- final exam: 40% of
the final grade.
Barring
really exceptional circumstances no exam re-takes will be allowed. Students who
are unable to attend an exam must provide a certified note from their doctor
stating the reason for their absence. If I have a reason to believe that a
student has cheated on an exam I will give this student a grade of F for the
course. In addition, such student would be subject to disciplinary punishment
by the university, including possible expulsion.
The
required textbook for the course is:
Jehle, G. and P. Reny,
Advanced Microeconomic Theory, 3rd Edition, Addison Wesley Longman. (JR)
An alternative text (not
required) that you can use for most of the topics is:
Mas-Colell A., M. Whinston
and J. Green, Microeconomic Theory,
Course Schedule
The
schedule below is tentative – small deviations from it will probably occur.