Microeconomics

MICROECONOMICS

ECO 101-07 Monday / Thursday 12:30-1:50 BB 226

Wed 4:00-4:50 BB 224 OR OPTIONAL LOCATION

COURSE SCHEDULE

Date/Day	Chapter (pages)	Topic	Test Yourself (T); Discussion Questions (Q)	Research Activity
Jan 28 M	1; 1 Apx	Introduction; Graphs	1- D: 2,3 1 Apx: T: 1-5
31 R	2	Economics	D: 3,5,6
Feb 4 M	3	Scarcity and Choice	T: 1-4; D: 1,3,5
7 R	4	Supply and Demand	T: 1,2,3,5,7 D: 1,3,4,6
11 M	5; 5,6 Apx	Consumer Choice	5-T: 1,2,5,6 D: 1-3; 5 Apx-T: 1-3
14 R	6	Elasticity	T: 2,5,6 D: 1,3,4
18 M		Exam 1
21 R	21; 21 Apx	International Trade and its Implications	21-T: 1; D: 2,4,6,7 21 Apx-T: 1
25 M	22	U. S. Economic Leadership Threatened?	T:1,3,4; D: 3,4
28 R	7; 18 (370-2)	Production, Costs; Marginal Revenue Product	7-T: 1-3,5,8,9; 7-D: 1
Mar 4 M	8; 8 Apx	Outputs, Price, Profits	T: 1-3,5-8
4 -7				Proposal meetings
7 R	20; 17 (356-64)	Income, Poverty; Taxation	20-T:1,2;D:2,4,5 17-T:1-3,5; D:2,5
11 M		Exam 2
14 R
25 M		Research Activity - No class
28 R	10	Perfect Competition	T: 1-3,5; D: 1,3,5	Research A Due
Apr 1 M	11	Monopoly	T: 2-4; D: 1, 3,4,7
4 R	12 (234-51)	Oligopoly	T: 1-4; D: 6,7,9,10
8 M	12 (230-34)	Monopolistic Competition	D: 3
11 R	13 (255-65)	Limiting Market Power: Antitrust	D: 1,3,7,13-15
15 M	13 (265-74)	Limiting Market Power: Regulation	D: 4-6
18 R		Exam 3
22 M	16	Externalities	T:1-4 D:2-4	Research B Due
25 R	19 (391- 407)	Labor	T: 1,3,4; D: 1,5,8
29 M	19 (407-415); 20 Apx	Innovation; Discrimination	D: 13,14
May 2 R	15; 20 Apx	Shortcomings of Free Markets; Discrimination	15-T: 1,2,4,5 D: 2-4
6 M	14	Free Market: Price System	T: 1 D:1-5	Research C Due
9 R

January 16, 2019