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Syllabus

Fall 1999 Midterm and Solution

Fall 1999 Midterm Review Problems

Review problems for final

Problem Set Assigned Due
1 18 September 25 September
2 25 September 4 October
3 4 October 11 October
4 11 October 18 October
5 8 November 15 November
6 15 November 27 November
7 27 November 6 December

 
Group Project Date
1 18 October
2 11 October
3 1 November
4 13 November
5 20 November
6 29 November
7 29 November
8 6 December

 
Lab Date Topic
1 9/8 Introduction
2 9/15 Budget functions
3 9/22 Utility maximization
4 9/29 Income and substitution effects, labor supply
5 10/6 Exchange economies
6 10/13 Game theory, unconstrained maximization
7 11/3 Risk pooling and risk spreading
8 11/10 Discounting and insurance
9 11/17 The decision to insure, Separating equilibrium

 
Lecture Date Topic
1 9/6 Introduction
2 9/20 Labor Supply

 
Author Year Title
Spence, Michael 1973 Job Market Signaling
Rothschild, Michel 1976 Equilibrium in Competitive Insurance Markets