Economics 425: Mathematical Economics

• Textbooks:

  Intermediate Microeconomics (6th edition) by Hal Varian (Available at University bookstore) (a remedial text for those rusty on their microeconomics)

  Mathematics for Economists Carl P. Simon and Lawrence Blume, W.W. Norton and Company (new retail price: $120: cheaper used texts are available for about $40-$50 on various sites such as Amazon). (a remedial text for those rusty on their math)

  Mathematical Tools for Economics Darrell Turkington, Blackwell Publishers, $29.95.

  Strategies and Games Theory and Practice (1999) Prajit K. Dutta, MIT Press.

  Note: textbooks are optional! All reading material will be provided for free as pdf files (lecture slides) via the Econ 425 website.

• Overview: Economics 425 is an intermediate level course on microeconomic theory. It provides a more rigorous and advanced
  exposition of concepts introduced in Economics 200, Principles of Microeconomics.

• Prerequisites: Economics 305 or 306 and 405 or 406 and Math 220 or 140. Calculus and other mathematical tools will be used in this course!

• Grades: Course will be graded on an A-F scale based on: problem sets (20% of grade), 2 midterms (40% of grade), a final exam (40% of grade)

• Exam Schedule: The final exam is scheduled by the University and cannot be changed.

  Students who do not show up for an exam will get a zero on that exam, unless a written excuse is provided and the excuse satisfies the University policy for excused absences. *** NO OTHER EXCEPTIONS ALLOWED! ***

  1. The first midterm will be held in class on
     Thursday March 13, 2008.

  2. The second midterm will be held in class on
     Tuesday, April 29, 2008.

  3. The final exam will be in class on
     Tuesday, May 20, 2008 from 1:30 to 3:30pm.

• Tentative Lecture Schedule

• Course Readings and Syllabus

• Current Assignments