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Princeton University - Department of Economics Spring Term 2013




ECO 310 -- MICROECONOMIC THEORY: A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH

Lectures: Mondays and Wednesdays 1:30-2:50, location: TBA

Professor: Wolfgang Pesendorfer, 204 Fisher Hall, pesendor@princeton.edu.
Office Hours: Wednesday 3-4 or by appointment

Administrative Assistant: Ellen Graf, 108 Fisher, egraf@princeton.edu.

Preceptors:
Doron Ravid: ravidd@gmail.com, office hours TBA, Fisher B-10
Leandro Gorno: lgorno@princeton.edu, office hours TBA, Fisher B-10

Precepts:
TBA

First precept: TBA

Course web page on Princeton Blackboard: please check regularly

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is a course in microeconomics. The material covered is divided into three
segments:
1. Price theory: preferences and utility; consumer and firm optimization; market
equilibrium; monopoly.
2. Game theory: simultaneous and sequential move games, oligopoly.
3. Information economics: risk aversion, adverse selection, auctions.


Textbook: Hal Varian: Intermediate Microeconomics, A Modern Approach. 8
th
Edition.
Norton

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Exams and grading

Course grades will be determined by combining grades on problem sets (15 percent), a
midterm exam (35 percent) and the final exam (50 percent). There will be 10 problem
sets; the schedule is given below. The problem sets will be posted on the course web
page in PDF format. Each problem set will be due in class on the day specified. We will
not accept late problem sets. Instead, we will count the grades on the best 8 problem
sets you hand in; you can miss up to 2 problem sets without any penalty.

In the answer key handed out with the graded problem sets and exams, we will tell you
the distribution of scores for that component.

Problem sets must be completed individually without help from other students. The
midterm exam will be in class on Thursday March 15. It cannot be re-scheduled so
please check your schedule of classes carefully. The final exam will be a 3-hour exam
(scheduled by the registrars office). Both exams are closed-book, under the honor
code.
Schedule of problem sets:


Number

Available

Due

1

Feb 4

Feb 11

2

Feb 11

Feb 18

3

Feb 18

Feb 25

4

Feb 25

Mar 4

5

Mar. 4

Mar 11

6

Mar 25

Apr 1

7

Apr 1

Apr 8

8

Apr 8

Apr 15

9

Apr 15

Apr 22

10

Apr 22

Apr 29

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Syllabus for Econ 310, Spring 2010

Part I: Price Theory

1. Lecture slides #1: preferences and utility; Chapters 3 and 4 in V(arian)
2. Lecture slides #2: budgets and choice; chapters 2 and 5 in V.
3. Lecture slides #3: optimization; buying and selling; chapters 6 and 9 in V.
4. Lecture slides #4: exchange; chapter 31 in V.
5. Lecture slides #5: Pareto efficiency; chapter 31 in V.
6. Lecture slides #6: supply and demand; chapter 14-16 in V.
7. Lecture slides #7: production; chapter 18 in V
8. Lecture slides #8: equilibrium with production; chapter 32 in V.

Part II: Monopoly

9. Lecture slides #9: monopoly; chapter 24 in V
10. Lecture slides #10: double marginalization; multi-market monopoly; chapter 25 in V.
11. Lecture slides #11: price discrimination and personal arbitrage. Chapter 25 in V.

Part II: Game Theory

12. Lecture slides #12: game theory I. chapter 28 and 29 in V.
13. Lecture slides #13: game theory II. chapter 28 and 29 in V.
14. Lecture slides #14: game theory III. chapter 28 and 29 in V.
15. Lecture slides #15: oligopoly; chapter 27 in V.

Part III: Uncertainty

16. Lecture slides #16: uncertainty and expected utility: Chapter 12 in Varian
17. Lecture slides #17: risk sharing and securitization: Chapters 12 and 13
18. Lecture slides #18: information economics: Chapter 37

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