Fall Semester 2000
Economics 100A
Lecture Schedule
Aug. 29: Introduction/Demand and Supply (Chapter 1 in either edition)
Aug. 31: Budget Constraints (Chapter 2 in either edition)
Sept. 5: Preferences (Chapter 3 in either edition)
Sept. 7: Utility (Chapter 4 in either edition)
Sept. 12: Consumer Choice (Chapters 5 and 10 in either edition)
Sept. 14: Changes in income and prices (Chapter 6 in either edition)
Sept. 19: Income and substitution effects (Chapter 8 and sections 9.8-9.9 in either edition)
Sept. 21: Consumer surplus (Chapter 14 in either edition)
Sept. 26: Exchange economy (Sections 16.9 and 29.1-29.3 in 5th edition, or Sections 16.9 and 28.1-28.3 in 4th edition)
Sept. 28: Price system (Section 29.4 in 5th edition or Section 28.4 in 4th edition)
Oct. 3: Social welfare (Chapter 31 in 5th edition, or Chapter 30 in 4th edition)
Oct. 5: Market demand (Chapter 15 in either edition)
Oct. 10: Production (Chapter 18 and section 20.1 in 5th edition, or Chapter 17 and section 19.1 in 4th edition)
Oct. 12: EXAM on material through Oct. 5
Oct. 17: Costs (Section 20.4 and chapter 21 in 5th edition, or Section 19.4 and chapter 20 in 4th edition)
Oct. 19: Costs, continued (same readings as for Oct. 17)
Oct. 24: Firm's decision to shut down (no readings)
Oct. 26: Production/consumption economy (Chapter 30 in 5th edition, or Chapter 29 in 4th edition)
Oct. 31: Perfect competition (Chapter 22 in 5th edition,or Chapter 21 in 4th edition)
Nov. 2: Perfect competition, continued (Chapter 23 in 5th edition, or Chapter 22 in 4th edition)
Nov. 7: Monopoly (Chapter 24 and sections 25.1-25.4 in 5th edition, or Chapter 23 and sections 24.1-24.4 in 4th editions)
Nov. 9: Monopolistic competition (Section 25.7 in 5th edition, or Section 24.7 in 4th edition)
Nov. 14: Oligopoly (Chapter 27 in 5th edition, or Chapter 26 in 4th edition)
Nov. 16: EXAM on material through Nov. 7
Nov. 21: Oligopoly, continued (Chapter 28 in 5th edition, or Chapter 27 in 4th edition)
Nov. 23: Thanksgiving: No lecture.
Nov. 28: Factor markets (Chapter 26 in 5th edition, or Chapter 25 in 4th edition)
Nov. 30: Public goods (Chapter 35 in 5th edition, or Chapter 34 in 4th edition)
Dec. 5: Asymmetric information (Chapter 36 in 5th edition, or Chapter 35 in 4th edition)
Dec. 7: Uncertainty and risk (Chapter 12 in either edition)