Temple University Department of Economics

Date and Day	Reading	Review Questions	Other	Homework, due on the date shown for the row.
8/29 Monday	1 Thinking Like an Economist Apreso		Graphs: Slopes and Intercepts and Down and to the Right? Production Possibility Frontiers: Movements and Shifts Importer or Exporter? Absolute and Comparative Advantage The Gains from Trade
8/31 Wednesday	Apreso	RQ 1
9/2 Friday	2 Comparative Advantage Apreso			Introductory Problems Answer Key
9/5 Monday	Labor Day. No Class.
9/7 Wednesday	Notes 1 Apreso	RQ2
9/9 Friday	Apreso			Comparative Advantage Answer Key
9/12 Monday Last day to drop.	3 Supply and Demand Apreso		1. A change in the quantity demanded, 2. A change in the quantity supplied, 3. Find the Equilibrium. 4. A change in demand 5. The effect of a change in demand, on equilibrium 6. A change in supply 7. The effect of a change in supply on equilibrium	Scarcity Answer Key
9/14 Wednesday	Apreso	RQ 3
9/16 Friday	Notes 2 Apreso			Two Country Trade Answer Key
9/19 Monday	4 Elasticity Apreso		Elasticity: Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3
9/21 Wednesday	Apreso	RQ 4		Equilibrium Answer Key
9/23 Friday	5 Demand: The Benefit Side of the Mkt Apreso		How Many Should You Buy Getting the Most for Your Money
9/26 Monday	Elasticity Applications Apreso	RQ 5		Utility Maximization Answer Key
9/28 Wednesday	We'll use today to catch up if necessary, go over past hwk, and look at old exams. Be sure to come with your own questions. Apreso
9/30 Friday	First Hour Exam Sample 1 Sample 2 Answer Keys: Exam One, Two, Three, and Four Fall 2005: Version A, Version B, Version C
10/3 Monday	Review the results of the exam. Apreso
10/5 Wednesday	6 Perfectly Competitive Supply Apreso		Production from one variable input Fixed, Variable and Total Costs Production, and Average and Marginal Costs Competitive Output
10/7 Friday	Apreso	RQ 6
10/10 Monday	Apreso
10/12 Wednesday	7 Efficiency and Exchange: Economic Surplus and Taxes Apreso		Price Ceiling Price Floor The Incidence of Taxation Efficiency and Taxes Taxes and Elasticities Taxes: Who Pays? Measuring Consumer Surplus Measuring Producer Surplus	Consumer Surplus Answer Key
10/14 Friday	Apreso	RQ 7		Markets, Taxes and Efficiency Price Ceilings and Efficiency
10/17 Monday	Apreso			Production with 1 Input Answer Key
10/19 Wednesday	8 The Quest for Profit Apreso			The Competitive Paradigm Answer Key
10/21 Friday	Apreso	RQ 8
10/24 Monday	9 Imperfect Competition Apreso		Monopoly Output and Price
10/26 Wednesday	Apreso	RQ 9
10/28 Friday	10 Thinking Strategically Apreso
10/31 Monday Last day to get WP.	Apreso	RQ 10		Price and Output under Monopoly Answer Key
11/2 Wednesday	We'll use today to catch up if necessary, go over past hwk, and look at old exams. Be sure to come with your own questions. Apreso		Monopolistic Competition Answer Key
11/4 Friday	Second Hour Exam Key to version A Key to version B Sample 1 Sample 2 Fall 2005: Version A, Version B, Version C
11/7 Monday	Review the results of the exam. Apreso
11/9 Wednesday	Public Policy and Market Structure. More on Chapter 9 and 10.
11/11 Friday	Apreso		Competitive Labor Markets Monopsony
11/14 Monday	13 Labor Markets Apreso	RQ 13
11/16 Wednesday	Apreso			Regulation Answer Key
11/18 Friday	11 Externalities and Property Rights Apreso
11/21 Monday	Apreso	RQ 11		Labor Demand in competitive markets Key
11/23 Wednesday	15 Public Goods and Tax Policy Apreso			Input Demand Answer Key Imperfect Labor Markets and Efficiency
11/26 Friday	Thanksgiving. No class.
11/28 Monday	Apreso	RQ 15
11/30 Wednesday	~~12 Economics of~~ Information Apreso			Externalities Answer Key Externalities and Efficiency
12/2 Friday	Apreso	~~RQ 12~~		Public Goods Answer Key Public Goods and Efficiency
12/5 Monday	16 International Trade and Trade Policy Further Reflections on Comparative Advantage and Trade Apreso		The Gains from Trade	~~Information~~
12/7 Wednesday Last day of class.	Apreso	RQ 16		Trade in VCR's Answer Key Trade and Efficiency
12/9 Friday	Office hours: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM -- Room 212
12/12 Monday	Office hours: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM -- Ritter Annex 813
12/14 Wednesday	Section 1, MWF, 9:40-10:30 Final Exam AT 8:30 AM Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3, Sample 4, Sample 5, Sample 6
12/16 Friday	Section 2, MWF, 10:40-11:30 Final Exam AT 8:30 AM
Office Hours: MWF, 2-3:30 PM and by mutually agreeable appointment Ritter Annex 813