Economics 1 – Fall 2017

Wk Date Place Topic Reader Pages

0 F, 9/29 Lecture Introduction 187-234
1 M, 10/2 Lecture Comparative Advantage 295-310
1 W, 10/4 Lecture Opportunity Cost Hall & Lieberman, 2-6 (posted in Gauchospace)
1 10/4-10/5 Section Experiment 1 1-3
1 F, 10/6 Lecture Supply and Demand 4-14
2 M, 10/9 Lecture Efficiency 14-16
2 T, 10/10 Homework 1 due at 11 pm
2 W, 10/11 Lecture Cost and Supply 85-97
2 10/11-10/12 Section Review Experiment 1
2 F, 10/13 Lecture Budget Constraints 155-160
3 M, 10/16 Lecture Utility and Demand 160-170
3 W, 10/18 Lecture Linear Supply and Demand 235-241
3 10/18-10/19 Section Experiment 2 27-29
3 F, 10/20 Lecture Shifts in Supply 29-33
4 M, 10/23 Lecture Price Elasticity 339-346
4 T, 10/24 Homework 2 due at 11 pm
4 W, 10/25 Lecture Shifts in Demand 311-337
4 10/25-10/26 Section Review for Quiz 1
4 F, 10/27 Lecture Quiz 1 347-366
5 M, 10/30 Lecture Tax Incidence 171-178
5 W, 11/1 Lecture Excess Burden 179-185
5 11/1-11/2 Section Experiment 3 41-43
5 F, 11/3 Lecture Marginal Product 44-48
6 M, 11/6 Lecture Minimum Wage 49-56
6 T, 11/7 Homework 3 due at 11 pm
6 W, 11/8 Lecture Negative Externalities 243-251
6 11/8-11/9 Section Review for Quiz 2
6 F, 11/10 Lecture No Class Today
7 M, 11/13 Lecture Quiz 2 367-374
7 W, 11/15 Lecture Pollution Permits 252-261
7 11/15-11/16 Section Experiment 4
7 F, 11/17 Lecture Entry and Exit 67-70
8 M, 11/20 Lecture Long Run Supply 97-120
8 T, 11/21 Homework 4 due at 11 pm
8 W, 11/22 Lecture No class
8 11/23-11/24 Section No sections this week
8 F, 11/24 Lecture Thanksgiving - No class
9 M, 11/27 Lecture Positive Externalities 261-270
9 W, 11/29 Lecture Public Goods 271-294
9 11/29-11/30 Section Review for Quiz 3
9 F, 12/1 Lecture Quiz 3 375-385
10 M, 12/4 Lecture Monopoly 121-137
10 W, 12/6 Lecture Price Discrimination 137-154
10 12/6-12/7 Section Review for Final Exam
10 F, 12/8 Lecture Wrap Up
T, 12/12 Lecture Final Exam, 12 pm to 2 pm 387-403