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Introduction to Economic Analysis
Fall 2020
Jeffrey Parker, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ

Economics humbles its practitioners both in their optimism and in their doubts. The experience of being disastrously wrong is salutory; no economist should be denied it, and not many are.

Class News

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• [11/29] I have posted a set of review questions for the final exam. There are quite a lot of them (< 100) so plan to take some time considering them.
• [11/11] Questions on growth for discussion in class
• [11/9] Questions for discussion in class today
• [10/29] Outline of topics for second midterm exam
• [10/28] Some problems to work in lieu of a problem set for exam week.
• [10/21] Present-value questions for class.
• [10/14] Final-exam game for discussion in conference
• [10/8] Coded grade file is now posted. Follow the instrutions to compute your code number and see your grades on cases, problem sets, and the midterm.
• [10/3] Review and help sessions this weekend
  • Saturday 10:30-11:30: Jeff (link to recording is with conference recordings on Moodle site)
  • Saturday 2-3 (Evian), 5-6 (Lauren) [use work session link]
  • Sunday 11-12 (Evian), 1-3 (Lauren and Shisham) [use work session link]
• [10/2] Questions for conference on long-run perfect competition (discussed in class)
• [10/1] The link for the review session on Saturday at 10:30 is .
• [9/30] Questions for conference on short-run competitive firm (discussed in class)
• [9/23] Questions for conference on consumer equilibrium (discussed in class)
• [9/16] My analysis of the experiment results is now posted: 10:05 section  11:10 section
• [9/10] Problem Set #2, which is an analysis of the double-auction experiment, is now posted, along with the spreadsheet containing the results.
• [9/4] Interactive conferences questions to be done in class today are here.
• [8/24] I would like everyone to read Partha Dasgupta's book Economics: A Very Short Introduction before the second class session (Wednesday, September 2). It is available through the Library as an e-book at , or can be purchased (cheaply) through the Reed Bookstore or online.
• [8/24] The Economics Department has a mailing list "econseminar" that is used to keep economics students informed of events, activities, job opportunities, etc. I recommend that you sign up for the list at .