Microeconomics I (Summer 2018)

OYAMA Daisuke
oyama@e.u-tokyo.ac.jp

TA: Kenjiro Asami, Kyohei Okumura

Wednesday 10:25-12:10
First session April 11
Class room 6

Syllabus (PDF file)

The course is designed mainly for first-year master students who wish to proceed to the doctor course and presents an advanced theoretical treatment of major topics in microeconomics, including choice theory, consumer theory, producer theory, and general equilibrium theory. Participants are strongly recommended to also attend Mathematics II.

Notice

Those who want to check their graded midterm exams should come to my office during the office hours.

Exams

Midterm June 13
Final August 1 Special term examinations

Textbook

D. M. Kreps, Microeconomic Foundations I: Choice and Competitive Markets, Princeton University Press, 2012. [Amazon] Student's Guide Errata

References

A. Mas-Colell, M.D. Whinston, and J.R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, 1995. [Amazon]
D. Oyama and T. Takenawa, ``On the (Non-)Differentiability of the Optimal Value Function When the Optimal Solution Is Unique,'' Journal of Mathematical Economics 76, 21-32 (2018).

Schedule

Date Reading Notes
4/11 Appendix 2
4/18 Chapter 1
4/25 Chapter 1
5/9 Chapters 1.5-, 2
5/16 Chapters 2.3, 3
5/23 Chapters 5, 6
6/6 Chapter 9
6/13 Midterm exam
6/20 (No class)
6/27 Chapter 10
6/27 Chapter 11
7/4 Chapter 14
7/11 Chapters 14, 15
7/18 Chapter 15

TA sessions

Wednesday 14:55-16:40 at Room 8
First session: 4/25

Class schedule

No class on 6/20
Makeup class on 6/27, 8:30-10:15 at Room 6

Office hours

Friday 14:00-15:30
Economics Research Building 10th floor, 1012
Absent: June 15, 22