Zachary J. Grossman Assistant Professor |
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| Home CV Research Teaching Sign up for experiments Links | Econ 100B - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Time & Place: TR 12:30 - 1:45pm, IV THEA1 Office Hours: Wednesday, 12 - 2pm, 3049 North Hall Announcements Slides Assigned Problems FAQ Summary statistics from multiple-choice part of final exam: mean = 21.4, median = 23 (out of 29) Here is the final exam (version A), answer key to the multiple choice questions (all versions), and answers to the free-response questions. (3/16) Final exam and solutions will be posted around 8:00 tonight. (3/16) Updated the public goods 2 notes to include a clearer and more correct explanation of the VCG mechanism, esp. the meaning of "pivotal" (3/14) Links to previously posted and new study materials: Posted slides for Tuesday's lecture on the VCG mechanism and today's recap lecture. (3/11) Reminders: review session on Friday, 3/12, 2-4pm in IV THEA1 (our classroom). You will not be able to enter the room until 2pm because a previous class will be taking a quiz. Also, I will hold extra office hours on Sunday, 3/14, 4-6pm in NH 1006. Clarification: as of 3/9, the practice questions included answers. I did not post a separate file-- I just added answers to the file posted on 3/8. (3/11) Here are some practice questions for the final. Answers will be added tomorrow. (3/8) Slides for tomorrow's lecture. (3/3) Slides for today's lecture. (3/2) Slides for today's lecture. (2/25) Histograms of midterm2 and combined (midterm 1+2) scores. Approximate letter-grade cutoffs are included at the bottom of the charts. (2/23) Here are answers to the midterm 2 questions: multiple-choice, free-response. Here is Version A of the exam. (2/18) Updated slides on exchange from Tuesday (2/17) Due to anticipated heavy demand, my OH tomorrow will be held in NH 2119 instead of my office. I'll leave a note on my door. (2/16) Here are the answers to the second free-response question on the old, practice final exam. Here are links to all the practice materials in one, convenient location: Slides posted for tomorrow's lecture (2/15) Practice questions file now includes answers (but not detailed solutions). (2/14) Posted practice questions for midterm 2. Answers will be posted on Sunday night. (2/12) Fixed a typo on the practice/old final. Free-response question #2: correct demand is P = 2-Q, not P = 1-Q. (2/11) Slides posted for tomorrow's lecture (2/10) Updated 2/11, typos fixed. (2/11) I updated and extended the oligopoly slides from today's lecture (sign error fixed) (2/9) Midterm 2 is next Thursday. The test will cover monopoly and oligopoly. To help you study, recall that I posted an old midterm. Here are the solutions. The relevant questions from the old midterm are numbers 14 - 18. Note: There is a typo on question sixteen. The tax should be t = 2. (fixed 2/11). Also, here is an old final exam and solutions to the multiple-choice part. The relevant questions are 1-3 and the second free-response question. (2/8) Slides posted for tomorrow's lecture (2/8) Here's the histogram of scores on from the first midterm (2/3) Slides posted for tomorrow's lecture (2/3) Slides posted for tomorrow's lecture (2/1) Reminder: next week in section you will take the second quiz. It's on the basics of monopoly pricing. The slides for tomorrow's class are already posted. Do the workouts (see syllabus), come to class, come to section, come to OH. (1/27) Documents related to the midterm: midterm (version A), multiple-choice answer key, blue-book answers. (1/27)
Introduction (1/5) Uncertainty (1/7) Consumer surplus (1/12) Market demand and elesticity (1/14) Equilibrium (1/19) Equilibrium 2 (1/21) Monopoly (1/28) Monopoly 2 (2/2) Price discrimination (2/4) Oligopoly (2/9) Oligopoly 2 (2/11) Exchange (2/16) Externalitites (2/25) Externalities 2 (3/2) Public Goods (3/4) Public Goods 2 (3/9) Recap (3/11) Extra Assigned Problems (beyond the B&V workouts listed on the syllabus): Practice questions for Midterm 2 (2/12) Practice questions for the final exam (3/8)
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