Introduction to Models of Rational Choice
Notes:
Once again, it was a pleasure teaching you this year. I will do my best to grade the exam soon (but it will take a few days as I am traveling soon). The exam and Sophie's solution are posted. Ariel
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Lecturer | Ariel Rubinstein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
TA | Sophie Bade Office hours, Thu 2-3 in room 712. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Recommended Books | David Kreps: A Course in Microeconmic
Theory, Princeton University Press, 1990
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Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, Jerry R. Green: Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, 1995. acses |
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Regulations | 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!!! |
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Exam
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The exam on this part of the course will take place on Oct 23rd
09:00-12:00.
Some review questions are posted.
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Plan of the course
The following is the list of 10 topics covered in the course. The material will spread into the 14 lectures as we progress.
# | Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | Solution |
1 | Sept 2 | Preferences | L01 | S01 |
2 | Sept 3 | Preferences/Utility | L02 | S02 |
3 | Sept 4 | Utility | ||
4 | Sept 9 | Choice | L03 | S03 |
5 | Sept 11 | Choice | ||
6 | Sept 16 | Consumer's preferences | L04 | S04 |
7 | Sept 23 | Demand | L05 | S05 |
8 | Sept 25 | Demand | ||
9 | Sept 30 | Indirect Utility | L06 | S06 |
10 | Oct 2 | Supply | L07 | S07 |
11 | Oct 7 | Expected Utility | L08 | S08 |
12 | Oct 9 | |||
13 | Oct 14 | Risk aversion | L09 | S09 |
14 | Oct 16 | Exam | ||
-- | ---- | Social Choice | L10 | S10 |