Micro Economics Theory NYU 2003 Ariel Rubisntein

Microeconomic Theory I (Fall 2005)

Introduction to Models of Rational Choice

The Exam and the solution are posted.

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Number

G31.1023.001

Lecturer

Ariel Rubinstein

office: 413@110 5th Avenue tel: 212-992-9772

Gil Riella

office: 546@110 5th Avenue tel: 212-998-8177 office hours: Mon 4-5 and Thu 3-4.

Date

Class	Tue 9:30-11:30 Thu 9:30-11:30	Stern 3-90 in KMC
Lab	Wed 3:30-5:30	445 @110 5th Avenue

Recommended Books

David Kreps: A Course in Microeconmic Theory, Princeton University Press, 1990.

Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, Jerry R. Green: Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, 1995.

Course Material

All material for the course will be posted on the web (and will not be distributed in class).

Downloading lecture notes requires a "user name" and a "password" which will be given to students in the class and should not be transferred to other students!!!

Exam

The exam on this part of the course will take place on Oct 20th 09:00-12:00.

Previous Exams exam solution

Princeton 1997 ---

Princeton 1998 solution

Princeton 1999 ---

Princeton 2000 solution

Princeton 2001 solution

Princeton 2002 solution

NYU 2003 solution

NYU 2004 solution

NYU 2005 solution

Last Year

20 hours before the exam 16 hours before the exam

Plan of the course

The following is the list of 10 topics covered in the course. The material will spread into the 13 lectures as we progress.

The following file cotains all references.

# Date Topic Lecture Notes Solution

1 9/6 Introduction/Preferences L1 S1

2 9/8 Preferences/Utility L2 S2

3 9/13 Utility

4 9/15 Choice L3 S3

5 9/20 Choice

6 9/22 Consumer's preferences L4 S4

7 9/27 Demand L5 S5

8 9/29 Demand

9 10/4 Indirect Utility L6 S6

10 10/6 Supply/EU L7 S7

11 10/10 Expected Utility L8

12 10/11 Risk aversion L9

13 10/18 "Economic doctrine"

14 10/20 Exam

Special tasks (not relevant for NYU 2005)

Before Lecture Task Links

Lecture 1 Intransitivities: http://gametheory.tau.ac.il/exp11/

Lecture 2 The Shepard Scale

http://www.sandlotscience.com/Ambiguous/ShpTones1.htm and http://asa.aip.org/demo27.html (make sure to listen to both and )

Lecture 4 --- set 1 of pre-class questions

Lecture 8 --- set 2of pre-class questions

#	Date	Topic	Lecture Notes	Solution
1	9/6	Introduction/Preferences	L1	S1
2	9/8	Preferences/Utility	L2	S2
3	9/13	Utility
4	9/15	Choice	L3	S3
5	9/20	Choice
6	9/22	Consumer's preferences	L4	S4
7	9/27	Demand	L5	S5
8	9/29	Demand
9	10/4	Indirect Utility	L6	S6
10	10/6	Supply/EU	L7	S7
11	10/10	Expected Utility	L8
12	10/11	Risk aversion	L9
13	10/18	"Economic doctrine"
14	10/20	Exam

Before Lecture	Task	Links
Lecture 1	Intransitivities:	http://gametheory.tau.ac.il/exp11/
Lecture 2	The Shepard Scale	http://www.sandlotscience.com/Ambiguous/ShpTones1.htm and http://asa.aip.org/demo27.html (make sure to listen to both and )
Lecture 4	---	set 1 of pre-class questions
Lecture 8	---	set 2of pre-class questions