ECON 6500 Resource Page Lectures, Videos and Study Questions
Readings and Chapters based on Perloff (with Calculus) Text
Answers for End of Chapter Questions (Password Protected)  
6500 Study Guide (Password Protected)
 
   
Consumer Theory

Production and Costs

Competitive Markets

Monopoly

Oligopoly & Game Theory

Expected Utility
Final Exam Study

Sample Questions/Solutions

 

T/F & problems

Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice

Long Problems

Multiple Choice

 

2-part Tariff solution

summary and problems

Multiple-Choice and Essay

Long Problems

SAMPLE FINAL EXAM   (password protected)

Applications and problems

 

Homework 1

 

Homework 2

Ans to 3 & 4 of Homework 2

T/F & problems

Cost Min & Profit Max Practice Problems

T/F & problems

Homework 3

T/F & problems

Long Problems with Solutions

  True/False/Explain

Sample True-False Questions (costs, competition, Monopoly)

More True-False Questions (all Chapters)

 

Kevin's Lectures Bob's Lectures Additional Reading VIDEO CLIPS
Ch. 1: Introduction
Math Review "What Economists Do?" (Lucas) Lagrange Methods for Utility Problems
Ch. 2: Supply and Demand Methodology The MRS Slutsky Equation (using Hicks & Marhall)

Ch. 3: Constrained Choice

Preferences  Constraints U-Max with Lagrange CV-EV example
Ch. 4: Demand More on Demand   Hicks vs Marshall Cost Min 1
Ch. 5: Consumer Welfare and Policy

Welfare  

CV and EV

Cost Min 2
Ch. 6: Firms and Production Production and Costs Cournot   Profit Max choosing K and L
Ch. 7 Costs Cost Curves Ch. 10: General Equilibrium and Welfare Short-Run & Long Run Equilibruim
Ch. 8: Competitive Firms and Markets Competition I Ch. 16: Uncertainty

Profit Max with Cubic Costs

Ch. 9: Applications of the Competitive Model Competition II Ch. 17: Externalities, Open Access, Public Goods

2 markets & joint costs

Ch. 11: Monopoly Monopoly I Ch. 18: Asymmetric Information Price Discrimination: 2 part pricing

Ch. 12: Pricing and Advertising

  Ch. 19: Contracts and Moral Hazards Expected Utility and Insurance

Ch. 13: Game Theory

     
Ch. 14: Oligopoly  Cournot Lecture