Course: 6121-Microeconomics II-2425_S2

Weekly outline

General

The course covers:

(i) general equilibrium and welfare analysis

(ii) an overview of the main instances of market failure, including a game theoretic analysis of asymmetric information

(iii) mechanism design and social choice

3 February - 9 February
Readings and work for this week:
- Slides - General Equilibrium File
10 February - 16 February
17 February - 23 February
24 February - 2 March
Problem Set 1 available on Feb 27th.
- Problem Set 1 File
3 March - 9 March
10 March - 16 March
Problem Set 1 due on Mar 13th.
- Slides - revisiting efficiency File
- Slides - asymmetric information File
17 March - 23 March
- Problem Set 1 Solution Topics File
24 March - 30 March
Midterm Exam
31 March - 6 April
7 April - 13 April
- Slides - mechanism design File
14 April - 20 April
21 April - 27 April
28 April - 4 May
Problem Set 2 available on Apr 29th
- Problem Set 2 File
5 May - 11 May
12 May - 18 May
Problem Set 2 due on May 13th
- Problem Set 2 solution topics File
19 May - 25 May
Final Exam