Economics - Decision Making (EC 600)
Spring 2012
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Syllabus - here
Office #: SB 206 Tel: 582-8745 Email: Christopher.Ball@quinnipiac.edu
Website: http://mywebspace.quinnipiac.edu/cball/
Class Schedule: Thursday 06:30PM - 09:10PM, School of Business, Room 123
Office Hours: Thursdays 5:00 – 6:00 pm and by appointment.
Textbook
The textbook is W. Bruce Allen, Keith Weigelt, Neil Doherty and Edwin Mansfield, Managerial Economics: Theory, Applications, and Cases, 7th Edition, 2009.
Grading Scheme
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Homework |
10% |
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Exam 1 (March 1st
) |
25% |
Exam 1 Key | |
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Exam 2 (April 5th
) |
25% |
Exam 2 Key | |
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Industry Study
(May 3rd ) |
15% |
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Exam 3 (Final
Exam Date) |
25% |
Exam 2 Key |
Trading Pit Experiment (1st day of class): General Sheet Spring 2012 Results
| Practice Problems | Helpful Videos |
| Traditional Microeconomics Basics | |
| Basic Supply and Demand: Practice Problems | Basic Supply and Demand: Factors of D , Factors of S , S&D Analysis |
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Production:
practice problems Costs & Market Structures : practice problems |
Production:
Resource Allocation & Tangency Costs: Marginals Pull Averages Market Structures - Perfect Competition: Measure Profit in Graph & Perf Comp , Shutdown vs Entry& Exit Monopolies: Monopolies Putting it All Together: Part 1 , Part 2 |
Elasticity: Practice Problems (KEY for #1 & #2) Reading on Elasticity: Reading on Elasticity Pricing Policies: Practice Problems (KEY) |
Elasticity:
Basics ,
D-Curves & Rev Part 1 ,
D-Curves & Rev Part 2 Arc Elast: Part 1 , Part 2 Calculus Based: Calc Part 1 , Calc Part 2 |
| Modern Microeconomics: Risk, Game Theory/Strategy, and Asymmetric Information | |
| Chap
13: Risk Analysis Book Problems Practice Problems (KEY) |
Class Notes |
| Chap
11: Game Theory Extensive Form Entry Games Asymmetric Info Games I Asymmetric Info Games II |
Readings: Game Theory basics Mixed Strategies - theory ; stories Sequential Moves Bargaining |