Economics 501

Ariel Rubinstein

Micro Economic Theory 1/4 "modeling a single economic agent" The exam and a solution are posted. That is....  teh exam is over.  It will take me a few days to grade the exam after I will get them CU next year Ariel   M Tu W Th F Sa Su 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Period	Fall 2002 (first quarter)
Lecturer	Ariel Rubinstein       Fisher 203
Preceptor	Daisuke Nakajima    Fisher B-07
Date	Classes:  Mon, Wed 09:00-10:30 at Fisher Hall  B-06. Meeting with the preceptor:   Friday 10:40-12:10 at B-06.   Office hour between Thu 1:00-2:30 B-10.
Books	David Kreps:  A Course in Microeconomic Theory, Princeton University Press, 1990 Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, Jerry R. Green:  Microeconomic Theory, Oxford Univ Press, 1995
Mid Term Exam	Monday,  Novemeber 4th

Plan of the course (more or less...)

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#	Date	Topic	Reading in Kreps Ch 1,2,3, 5, 7	Reading in MWG Ch 1,2,3,5,6	Lecture Notes	Solutions
1	13/9	Rational Choice: Preferences	1-32	Ch 1.	L01	s01
2	18/9	Utility	-	-	L02	s02
3	23/9	Utility + Choice	-	-	-	-
4	25/9	Criticism on Rationality	-	-	L03	s03
5	30/9	Consumer's preferences	32-45	Ch 3 A,B,C,D	L04	s04
6	2/10	Demand	45-63	Ch 2, 3D-E	-	-
7	6/10	Rationalizing Demand	-	-	L05	s05
8	9/10	Indirect Utility	-	3-F,G	L06	s06
9	13/10	More Demand a bit supply	Ch 7	5A-D	L07	s07
10	15/10	Expected Utility	72-81 (115-122)	6.A-B	L08	s08
11	20/10	Risk aversion	81-98	6 C-D	L09	s09
12	22/10	Social Choice	Ch 5	-	L10	s10

Mid-Term Exams

class of	photo	exam	solution	grades
1997	-	1997	-	-
1998	-	1998	1998	B-C B A-B A- A 8 3 5 1 2
1999	1999	1999	-	C B A-B A A+ 3 5 6 3 5
2000	-	2000	-	C-F B- B B+ A- A A+ 5 3 1 4 5 2 4
2001	-	2001	2001	C B- B B+ A- A A+ 5 8 6 7 2 5 1
2002	-	2002	2002	C-F B- B B+ A- A A+ 5 1 9 9 2 5 4