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Economics 103

Principles of Microeconomics

 

Professor H. Schuetze

BEC 338

Phone: 721-8541

E-mail: hschuetz@uvic.ca

 


This web page is intended for students in Economics 103 at the University of Victoria.  Students can find copies of class notes, handouts and other information pertaining to the course. You may require an Adobe reader to view some of the documents on this web page. To download the Adobe reader click here.

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Announcements

 

 

The final exam will be held Friday December 9th at 7:00 pm in the Gym.

 

A review class will be held Thursday December 8th at 9:30 am in the Social Sciences and Math Building Room A110.

 

A sample final exam is available here.

 

Work through this on your own without the aid of the textbook or other materials. Solutions are available here.

 

 

Office Hours and Assistance

 

Professor Schuetze [BEC 338]:

Mondays 1:00 – 2:00

Or by appointment

 

There is also a 103 help drop-in centre [BEC 341]

The hours of operation can be found here

 

Important Dates

 

Exam Schedule

Term Test #1: Thursday October 6th              --Solutions--

Term Test #2: Thursday November 3rd          --Solutions--

              

 

Course Materials

 

Syllabus:                   PDF printable

 

Course Notes (Powerpoint Handouts):

 

 

PDF

PowerPoint

Notes

1. Introduction      

Handout

Handout

Complete Notes

2. Specialization and Trade (economic models)

Handout

Handout

Complete Notes

3. Demand, Supply and Market Equilibrium

Handout

Handout

Complete Notes

4. Applications of Demand and Supply        

Handout

Handout

Complete Notes

5. Elasticity and Its Application

Handout

Handout

Complete Notes

6. Household Behaviour and Consumer Choice         

Handout

Handout

Complete Notes

7. The Behaviour of Profit Maximizing Firms

Handout

Handout

Complete Notes

8. Monopoly

Handout

Handout

Complete Notes

9. Oligopoly

Handout

Handout

Complete Notes

10. Monopolistic Competition

Handout

Handout

Complete Notes

11. Externalities

Handout

Handout

Complete Notes

 

 

Lab Materials

 

Lab 1

Solutions

Lab 2

Lab

Lab 3

Lab

Lab 4

Solutions

Lab 5

Solutions

Lab 6

Solutions

Lab 7

Solutions

 

 

Links

 

Course Textbook Webpage

 

Microeconomics, by Krugman, Wells and Myatt

 

Canadian Statistics

 

Statistics Canada

CANSIM

Canadian Census Analyser

E-Stat

 

Literature Search

 

Econlit

JStor

Google Scholar