Lecture
Notes (These are likely to be updated before each
lecture)
Week 1: August 30: Introduction
and Possible
Articles for Presentation and Article Selection Spreadsheet
and Key Concepts for Week 2 Reading and Optimization Example
Week 2: Sept. 6: Theory of
consumer choice and the demand curve and
Graphs for Utility Optimization
and Key Concepts for Week 3 Reading
and Another Useful Example
Week 3: Sept. 13: Profit maximization
and the supply curve and Key Concepts
for Week 5 Reading
Week 4: Sept. 20: The economics of
market allocation and Mathematica stuff
Note: the following lectures may be updated as the semester
progresses, but the basic content and ideas will remain the same.
Week 6: No hand out at this point
Week
7: Oct. 11
Week 8: Oct. 18:
Last
year's handout (emissions) and this
year's (abatement). Graphs on request (large files).
Week
9: Oct. 25
Week
11: Nov. 8
Week
12: Nov. 15
Week 14: Nov. 29 Discounting example
Week 15: Dec 6: Cost-Benefit
Example; Nancy Kanbar Lecture
Notes
Problem Sets (May also be updated)
Problem
set 1 (will hand out hard copy in class if you don't have the
book)
(Readings will be handed
out in class)
Problem
set 2, part 1 due Oct. 4, 2006
Problem set 2, part 2, due Oct. 11, 2006
Problem set 2, part 3, due Oct. 18, 2006
Problem
set 2, part 4, due Oct. 25, 2006
Midterm Topics and Midterm from 2003 and Figures and 2004 midterm
Problem set 3, part 1, due Nov. 8 2006
Problem set 3, part 2, due Nov. 15, 2006
Problem
set 3, part 3, due Nov. 29, 2006
Final exam, 2003 and
Final Exam, 2004
Presentation Assignments
(posted on WebCT) and Guidelines
Electronic
Reserves logon and password
on WebCT
WebCT: The page is
up with readings (also available through our library or interlibrary loan),
an internal mailing list, and a class discussion list.
Literature Search Resources at GMU
Geobase
Econlit
Web of Science
Course Bibliography
(Both required and supplementary readings)
pdf
Endnote Library
Related Courses and Resources