ECON 503 - Microeconomic Theory I
Administrative details
Date and location: Monday and Wednesday 10.00am-11.50pm, KAP-166
Office hours: Wednesdays 4.00pm-5.30pm and by appointment; KAP-334A
Teaching Assistant: Shijie Lu - email shijielu@usc.edu
Discussion sessions and office hours of Teaching Assistant: T.B.A.
Books
Required book - meet your new best friend
Mas-Colell, A., M. Whinston and J. Green (1995), Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press [abbreviated MWG]
Recommended books
Fudenberg, D. and J. Tirole (1991), Game Theory, MIT Press [abbreviated FT]
Laffont, J.J. and D. Martimort (2002), The Theory of Incentives, Princeton University Press [abbreviated LM]
Syllabus
The syllabus (in PDF version) can be found here
Problem Sets and Reading Material (to be checked regularly)
Midterm date: Wednesday, October 14 from 9am to 12pm
Final date: Wednesday, December 2 from 9am to 12pm
Problem Sets
Problem Set 1 (due date: Wednesday, September 2)
Problem Set 2 (due date: Wednesday, September 9)
Problem Set 3 (due date: Wednesday, September 16)
No class on Wednesday September 23
Problem Set 4 (due date: Monday, September 28)
Problem Set 5 (due date: Monday, October 5)
Problem Set 6 (due date: Monday, October 12)
Problem Set 7 (due date: Monday, October 26)
Problem Set 8 (due date: Monday, November 2)
Problem Set 9 (due date: Monday, November 9)
Problem Set 10 (due date: Wednesday, November 18)
Problem Set 11 (due date: Monday, November 30)
Extra problems to prepare the Midterm
Extra problems to prepare the Final