ECO 2030. Principles of Economics-Price Theory

Summer 2008 | Calendar

Instructor: John Whitehead
e-mail: whiteheadjc@appstate.edu

Last Update: 08/07/2008

Fall 2007 Calendar (dates/topics subject to change)

  Date Topic Notes
1 T, 7/8 Basic Principles, Economic Methods Mankiw on YouTube (Quiz #1)
2 W, 7/9 cont., Gains from Trade A Theory of Rational Addiction; An experiment in comparative advantage (Quiz #2)
3 Th, 7/10 cont., Markets (read 4, 18 (393-404), 13 (276-278)) PhD Comics: Ninjas vs. Professors
4 M, 7/14 cont. Pit Market (Quiz #3)
5 T, 7/15 cont.  
6 W, 7/16 Exam #1 (Study Guide)  
7 Th, 7/17 Speculative markets Speculative Markets (Quiz #4); How can the price of oil move so much in one day
8 M, 7/21 Elasticity Elasticity Simulation (Quiz #5)
9 T, 7/22 Market Efficiency Auctions (Quiz #6); The invisible hand
10 W, 7/23 Public Finance (go back to labor markets) Pit Market (Quiz #7)
11 Th, 7/24 cont.  
12 M, 7/28 International Trade International Trade Game (Quiz #8)
13 T, 7/29 Exam #2 (Study Guide)  
14 W, 7/30 Ch. 4: shifts of both D&S; Externalities Regulation
15 Th, 7/31 cont., Pollution trading
16 M, 8/4 Public Goods; Industrial Organization An investment game; A Card Game; Duopoly, A short play
17 T, 8/5 Labor Markets (Labor) Pit Market
18 W, 8/6 cont.; Last day of class lecture notes Mankiw's Ten Principles of Economics, Translated
19 Th, 8/7 Final Exam (Study Guide)