Below is a selection of lecture notes that approximate chronologically the topics and themes listed on the calendar.
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Introduction and a First Application: The Minimum Wage Debate and Causal Inference in Economics (PDF) |
| 3 |
Axioms of Consumer Preference and the Theory of Choice (PDF) |
| 4 |
Theory of Choice and Individual Demand (PDF) |
| 5 |
The Expenditure Function: An Application to the Economics of Food Stamps (PDF) |
| 6 |
Demand Functions, Income Effects and Substitution Effects: Theory and Evidence (PDF) |
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Compensated Demand in Logs (PDF) |
| 7 |
Sugar Quota: Applying Consumer Theory to Competitive Markets (PDF) |
| 8 |
Taxation: Revealed Preference and Consumer Welfarer (PDF) |
| 9 |
General Equilibrium in a Pure Exchange Economy (PDF) |
| 10 |
International Trade and the Principle of Comparative Advantage (PDF) |
| 11 |
Uncertainty, Expected Utility Theory and the Market for Risk (PDF) |
| 12 |
The Demand for Abortion: An Application of Expected Utility Theory (PDF) |
| 13 |
Safety Regulation and Value of a Statistical Life (PDF) |
| 14 |
Private Information, Adverse Selection and Market Failure (PDF) |
| 15 |
Adverse Selection, Risk Aversion and Insurance Markets (PDF) |
| 16 |
Education, Human Capital and Job Market Signaling (PDF) |
| 17 |
Externalities, the Coase Theorem and Market Remedies (PDF) |