Economics 157, Fall 2002
Imperfect
Competition
People
Course Description and Reading List
Lecture Schedule and Reading
Assignments
- Regular Meetings: MW 1:15-3:05 p.m., 260-113.
- Sections (attendence optional): Thursday
7pm Econ 140, Friday 11 a.m. 200-202
- Reading
Assignment Schedule with links to lecture
notes!
- Reading assignment on Monopoly
for Monday, October 7
- Reading assignment on Price
Discrimination for Monday, October 14
- Reading assignment on Breakfast Cereals: for Monday,
October 21: Read Case Study 11.3 and Example 11.1 in Church and Ware, answer
discussion questions given in class
- Reading assignment on
Predation for
Wednesday, November 13
Competitive Strategy Game Announcements
Announcements
- There will be no class meeting on Wednesday, November 27.
You should use the extra time to meet with your team and work on the CSG
writeup.
- Team assignments have been made, as described in class.
You should have received an email with your team name and password.
- Midterm is Nov. 4, in class.
Solutions and grades will be available Nov. 13, in class.
- Final is (according to registrar's
page) Friday, Dec. 13, 8:30 a.m.
Problem Sets and Solutions
- New instructions for submitting problem set 1: Go to
the coursework web page, select
Econ 157, and upload your problem set files. The first time you go to
the coursework web page you will need to register and add the course Econ
157. If you have any problems, email them to Matthew Osborne before the
deadline.
- Problem Set
1, due Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 5 p.m.
- Problem Set
2, due Thursday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m.
- Problem Set
3, Due Thursday, Nov. 7 at 5 p.m. (to Matt Osborne's
cubicle)
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Problem Set 4,
Due Thursday, Dec. 5 at 5 p.m. (to Matt Osborne's cubicle)
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Practice Problems for the final, to be reviewed in section Dec. 5/6
Lecture Notes and
Handouts