ECON 503 - Microeconomic Theory I
Administrative details
Date and location: Monday and Wednesday 10.00am-11.50pm, KAP-167
Office hours: Wednesdays 4.00pm-5.30pm; KAP-334A
Teaching Assistant: Haojun Yu - email haojunyu@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
Important dates
Midterm date: Wednesday, October 12 from 9am to 12pm.
Final date: Wednesday, November 30 from 9am to 12pm.
Problem sets
Problems are due at the beginning of class (10.00am). You can email them to Haojun (haojunyu@usc.edu) before class starts. Work in groups if you want (I recommend it) but turn in your assignment individually. Write down how you arrived to your conclusions; if reasoning is rigorous and correct you will get partial credit even if the answer is not.
Problem Set 1 (due date: Wednesday, August 31).
Problem Set 2 (due date: Wednesday, September 7).
Problem Set 3 (due date: Wednesday, September 14).
Problem Set 4 (due date: Monday, September 26).
Problem Set 5 (due date: Monday, October 3).
Problem Set 6 (due date: Monday, October 10).
Problem Set 7 (due date: Monday, October 24).
Problem Set 8 (due date: Monday, October 31).
Problem Set 9 (due date: Monday, November 7).
Problem Set 10 (due date: Monday, November 14).
Problem Set 11 (due date: Monday, November 21).