Economics 203, F01, Fall 2006
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Course material:
1.
Course outline
(as of September 1, 2006)
2. Text website:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0070916195/student_view0/index.html
3.
Announcements:
14. December
13, 2006: I will be holding a “review” session on the morning of the 18th:
details are >
> 9:00am-10:00am David F.
Strong Building C118. I will be
answering questions.
13. December 11, 2006: revised
outline for course is posted here. The final exam consists of three true/false
questions, and three problems. The
true/false questions and two of the problems are common with the other section
of Econ 203 this term.
12.
December 6, 2006: I have posted the final exams from the last two years
(in one file). Tentative office hours for next
week are as follows:
Tues, Dec 12: 1:00-3:00 pm; Wed,
Dec 13: 10:am -12:00pm; Friday, Dec 15: 11:00am- 1:0 0
pm
11.
November 29, 2006 : Aplia
assignments: lowest two marks will be dropped.
10. November 29, 2006: tests from 203 F02,
with answers, posted.
9. November 28, 2006: test #2 will
be marked out of 40, rather than 45 (as indicated on test paper); also,
for test # 2, 15% of weight will be shifted to final if mark on final
exam is higher than mark on this test (10/10 breakdown still applies for test #
1)
8. Suggested answers to midterm 2
7. (Additional) Office hours for
Thursday, November 16: 1:30-3:30 pm; Friday, November 17: regular office hours
(9:30-11:00 am).
6. November 10: Midterm 2 is Friday, November 17, during class. Students registered in LF04 (Wednesdays) will
write in regular classroom;
students registered in LF01 (Tuesdays) will write in DSB
C113. Midterm from last year, with
suggested answers, is here.
5. October 17: answers to first
midterm posted here
4. October 13: op-ed piece from Times Colonist (0ct 11), on junk food tax
3.
October 2: Midterm is Friday,
October 6, during class. Students
registered in LF01 (Tuesdays) will write in regular classroom; students
registered in LF04 (Wednesdays) will write in DSB C113.
2. Oct 2: Midterm from
last year posted; suggested answers are here
1. LABS begin week of September
11; lab instructor is Feng Ren
(ren@uvic.ca )
LF01 Tuesday, 3:30-4:30 CLEC 108
LF04
Wednesday, 10:30-11:30 MACD 101
4.
Lecture notes (tentative):
Consumer theory: (pdf files): consumer I,
consumer II,
consumer III
, consumer IV,
consumer V
Producer theory (pdf files): production 1,
costs (ch. 10)
Market structure: perfect competition ,
monopoly, duopoly, basic
game theory
5.
Assignments
6.
Interesting economics related web sites:
The Economist: http://www.economist.com/index.html
Marginal revolution:
libertarian economics from George Mason University http://www.marginalrevolution.com/
Freakonomics:
http://www.freakonomics.com/blog/ The blog by the authors of the book
Dear Economist: http://www.timharford.com/deareconomist/
Tim Harford’s (the undercover economist) advice column from the Financial Times