Instructions for the Final Exam

1. We will have an in-class final exam on Thursday 13th Aug starting at noon. (Be in your seats by 12:1o PM latest, please.)
2. Time for completion: 1 hour, 20 minutes.
3. Only basic calculators allowed. This rule is enforced so that it reduces the possibility of cheating.
4. Any academic misconduct will be punished to the full extent of the prevailing university laws. Please discourage cheating.

About the assignment for 5% of the grade

I have received a number of concerns about the assignement which I had said was going to be worth 5 percent of the grade for the course. In view of that, I have decided that it is probably not a good idea and I am going to drop the assignment as stated in class. Let’s review this point in class tomorrow (Monday 10th August.)

Homework #4

Homework #4 is available for download. It is due in class on Aug 5th before 12:20 PM.

Thanks to Natasha for once again writing a great homework. Have a good weekend and see you all in class on Monday.

Update to the Syllabus

29th and 30th July

Game Theory — Chapter 14 of Perloff

Static Games, Dynamic Games, Auctions

3rd and 4th August

Interest Rates and Investment — Chapter 16 of Perloff

Interest rates, Compounding, Choices over time, Investing, Returns on Bonds, Capital markets

5th Aug, 6th Aug

Uncertainty — Uncertainty

Probability, Expected value, Expected utility, Risk Aversion, Risk neutrality, Investing under uncertainty
Externalities, Public Goods

10th Aug

Externalities and Public Goods — Chapter 18 Perloff

11th and 12th Aug

Revision

13th Aug

In-class Final Exam

Homework #3

Home work #3 is due at the start of class next Tuesday.

Case Study: The Market for ebook Readers

Barnes & Noble Enters Competitive E-Book Market says Sci-Tech Today in a July 21st article.

Barnes & Noble is entering the e-book market through its launch of an online store, a partnership with e-reader maker Plastic Logic, and software for downloading books onto PCs and portable devices such as BlackBerry Relevant Products/Services smartphones, the iPhone, and the iPod touch.

The article says that the ebook market is a highly competitive market. Do you agree?

We will discuss this article in class on 22nd July.

Homework #2

Homework #2 is due at the start of class on Monday 13th July.

The Syllabus

So finally we have the syllabus page for the course. There’s also a tab for the syllabus at the top of the blog title for easy access.

I have filled in the details of the topics only for half the course. More will be added later.

Econ100a Home Work #1

Download Home work #1 (pdf) and please hand in your work at the start of class on Wednesday 1st July.