Topics In Theory (ECO-4933)

Fall 2009

The classroom is now GC279A.

My office hours are Tuesday 12:00pm – 1:00pm and Thursday 11:00am – 12:00pm.

Click HERE to download the course syllabus in PDF.

Click HERE to download HW 1:  Due Tuesday, September 15, at 8:00am

Click HERE to download some good practice problems on basic algebra and geometry

Click HERE to download HW 2:  Due Thursday, September 24, at 8:00am

Click HERE to download HW 3:  Due Thursday, October 22, at 8:00am

Click HERE to download HW 4:  Due Thursday, November 5, at 8:00am

Click HERE to download HW 5:  Tuesday, December 1 at 8:00am

 

Photos of Jeremy Bentham and his two heads and in his office.

Click HERE to view what happens when someone buys the bundle that does not satisfy their incentive compatible constraint.

For "Choice Under Uncertainty: Problems Solved and Unsolved"  by Mark J. Machina The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 1, No. 1. (Summer, 1987), pp. 121-154 click: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0895-3309%28198722%291%3A1%3C121%3ACUUPSA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X

Click HERE for information on the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics to Daniel Kahneman and  Vernon L. Smith.

For "Psychology and Economics"  by Matthew Rabin  Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 36, No. 1. (Mar., 1998), pp. 11-46 click:  http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0515%28199803%2936%3A1%3C11%3APAE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B