economics 440 fall 2007 peter norman syllabus notes part 1: competitive analysis part 2: market failure there are no notes on chapter 5 part 4: public goods I part 5: public goods II part 6: public choice part 7: social choice part 8: adverse selection part 9: signalling assignments homework assigment 1 (due 09/18 in class) homework assigment 2 (due 09/27 in class) answers homework assigment 3 (due 10/23 in class) homework assigment 4 (due 12/4 in class) voluntary exercise on social choice old midterm answer to the second problem midterm 1 answer key midterm 2 review problems: consumer theory additional readings ronald coase, the problem of social cost, journal of law and economics 3, 1-44, 1960. garett hardin, the tragedy of the commons, science, 168, 1243-1248, 1968. |