The Ohio State University
Econ 501.02--Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
Professor James Peck
Office hours for Winter 2009, at 440 Arps Hall: Monday 10 - 11 and Wednesday 10 - 12. My osu.edu address is peck.33.
Free tutoring by advanced undergraduate students is available at the Economics Learning Center, 311 Arps Hall, open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Mondays through Fridays. Most of the tutors have taken the calculus version of intermediate micro (501.02 was previously called 501a), but not all of them, and not necessarily from me.
2. Homeworks
Homework #1 due Thursday, January 22
Homework #2 due Tuesday, February 3
Homework #3 due Tuesday, February 17
Homework #4 due Thursday, March 5
Problem Set #5 (do not hand in)
3. Lecture Slides
Mathematical Background: Lecture Slides #1
Intro to Economic Theory and the Market Economy: Lecture Slides #2
Preferences and Utility Functions: Lecture Slides #3
Utility Maximization: Lecture Slides #4
Computing an Example: Lecture Slides #5
Elasticity of Demand: Lecture Slides #6
Income and Substitution Effects: Lecture Slides #7
Efficiency and Trade: Lecture Slides #8
Short Run Cost Functions: Lecture Slides #11
Profit Maximization by a Competitive Firm: Lecture Slides #12
Demand for Inputs: Lecture Slides #13
Short Run Market Equilibrium: Lecture Slides #14
Comparative Statics Analysis: Lecture Slides #15
Interfering with Markets: Lecture Slides #16
Price Discrimination: Lecture Slides #18
Microeconomic Foundations of 2008-9 Economic Crisis: Part 1 and Part 2
4. Miscellaneous
List of Equations (for the final), Winter 2007
List of Equations (for the midterm), Winter 2007
Midterm Questions and Answers, Winter 2009
Midterm Questions and Answers, Spring 2007
Midterm Questions and Answers, Winter 2007
Midterm Questions and Answers, Spring 2006
Midterm Questions and Answers, Winter 2006
Midterm Questions and Answers, Spring 2004
Edgeworth Box Diagram (for the midterm), Winter 2002
Midterm Questions and Answers, Winter 2001
Midterm Questions and Answers, Winter 2002
Final Exam, Winter 2002 (Note: Set w=4 and r=16 on question 5.)
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