Week Name Description
Book Course description

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File Exercises from the lectures
3 February - 7 February File Rules and syllabus

(pdf of powerpoint)

File Lecture Slides #1

Introduction + equilibrium and social welfare + utility-based fairness criteria

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File Practical Class - 1
10 February - 15 February File Lecture Slides #2

Slides: redistribution and fairness - preference-based fairness criteria

URL William Thomson's 'Fair Allocation Rules'

Additional readings for this week: pages 8-15 and 25-28

File Practical_Session_02
File Practical Class 2
17 February - 22 February File Lecture Slides #3

Externalities

File Practical_Session_02
File Group Composition
File Assignment 1

Due on Feb 25th

File Practical Class - 3
24 February - 28 February File Lecture Slides #4

Public goods.

File Practical_Session_03
File Practical Class 4
March 3 - March 7 File Lecture Slides #5

Collective decision-making and political economy

File Assignment 1 - Grades
File Assignment 1 - Solution Topics
March 10 - March 15 File Lecture Slides #6

Mixed goods

File Practical session IV
File Assignment 2
File Practical Class - 5
17 March - 23 March File Practical session V
File Practical Class - 6
31 March - 6 April File Practical Session VI
File Midterm Fall 2022 Solution Topics
File Midterm Spring 2023 Solution Topics
File Midterm Fall 2023 Solution Topics
File Midterm Spring 2024 Solution Topics
File Midterm Fall 2024 Solution Topics
(In group II, exercise b), the 2 reference bundles are: (0,2) or (4,0), not the ones presented in the solution.)
File Assignment 2 - Grades
File Assignment 2 - Solution Topics
File Practical Class - 7
7 April - 13 April File Lecture Slides #7

Social insurance

File Practical Session VII
File Practical Class - 8
File Midterm Grades
File Midterm Solution Topics
21 April - 27 April File Practical Session VIII
File Lecture Slides #8

social security, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, workers’ compensation

File Practical Class - 9
5 May - 11 May File Practical Session IX
File Lecture Slides #9

Welfare; Health

File struck white-1979-elements of style

elements of style

File Nova SBE Guidelines Regarding Usage of Generative AI
File Lecture Slides #10

Taxation

File Assignment 3
File Practical Class - 10
12 May - 18 May File Practical Session X

Practical Session X

File Practical class -11
File Practical class - 12
19 May - 25 May File Practical Session XI
File Final Exam Fall 2022 Solution Topics
File Final Exam Spring 2023 Solution Topics

Note: there is a typo in the solution topics of III a). It should be: U_H(CE_H) = E(U_H) <=> CE_H = 81; RP_H = E(X_H) – CE_H = 84 - 81 = 3; U_U(CE_U) = E(U_U) <=> CE_U = 64; RP_U = E(X_U) – CE_U = 68 - 64 = 4; WTP_H = AFP_H + RP_H = 19; WTP_U = AFP_U + RP_U = 36


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File Final Exam Spring 2024 Solution Topics
File Final Exam Fall 2024 Solution Topics
File Assignment 3 - Final Grades