ECON 6500

Reading and Lecture Schedule

Module	Lesson (90 min)	Lecture Topics and Slides	Additional Reading	Additional Assignments	VIDEO CLIPS
A	1	Ch. 1: Introduction
Review	2	Ch. 2: Supply and Demand
B	3	Ch. 3: A Consumer's Constrained Choice	The MRS		Lagrange Methods for Utility Problems
Core	4	Ch. 4: Demand	Hicks vs Marshall	Homework 1	Slutsky Equation (using Hicks & Marhall)
	5	Ch. 5: Consumer Welfare and Policy Analysis	CV and EV	U-Max examples and HW Homework 2	CV-EV example
C	6	Ch. 6: Firms and Production			Cost Min 1
	7	Ch. 7 Costs			Cost Min 2
D	8	Ch. 8: Competitive Firms and Markets			Profit Max choosing K and L
Core	9	Ch. 9: Properties and Applications of the Competitive Model	Cost Min & Profit Max Practice Problems		Short-Run & Long Run Equilibruim
	10	Ch. 10: General Equilibrium and Economic Welfare		Homework 3
E	11	Ch. 11: Monopoly			Profit Max with Cubic Costs
Core	12	Ch. 12: Pricing and Advertising			2 markets & joint costs Price Discrimination: 2 part pricing
F	13	Ch. 13: Game Theory	Handouts: Cournot	Study Questions
	14	Ch. 14: Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition	Handouts(3) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3	Homework 4
G*	15A	Ch. 16: Uncertainty			Expected Utility and Insurance
*if time permits	15B	Ch. 17: Externalities, Open Access, and Public Goods
	15C	Ch. 18: Asymmetric Information
	15D	Ch. 19: Contracts and Moral Hazards