Temple University Department of Economics

Date and Day	Reading	Review Questions	Other	Practice Problem Sets	Hwk from MyEconLab
8/28 Monday	1 The science of everyday life		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
8/30 Wednesday		RQ 1			Algebra and graphs review
9/1 Friday	2 Efficiency and Allocation 3 The American Economy			Introductory Problems Answer Key	Chapter 1
9/4 Monday	Labor Day. No Class.
9/6 Wednesday	Notes 1	RQ2			Chapters 2 & 3
9/8 Friday				Comparative Advantage Answer Key
9/11 Monday Last day to drop.	4 Supply and Demand		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
9/13 Wednesday		RQ 3			Chapter 4
9/15 Friday	Notes 2			Two Country Trade Answer Key
9/18 Monday	5 Elasticity		Elasticity: Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3
9/20 Wednesday		RQ 4		Equilibrium Answer Key	Chapter 5
9/22 Friday	7 Consumer Behavior		How Many Should You Buy Getting the Most for Your Money
9/25 Monday	Elasticity Applications	RQ 5		Utility Maximization Answer Key
9/27 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.				Chapter 7
9/29 Friday	First Hour Exam Sample 1 Sample 2 Answer Keys: Exam One, Two, Three, and Four Fall 2005: Version A, Version B, Version C Fall 2006 Answer Keys: Version A, Version B, Version C, Version D
10/2 Monday	Review the results of the exam.
10/4 Wednesday	8 Firm Production and Cost		Production from one variable input Fixed, Variable and Total Costs Production, and Average and Marginal Costs Competitive Output
10/6 Friday		RQ 6
10/9 Monday	9 Perfect Competition
10/11 Wednesday			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
10/13 Friday	6 Market Efficiency And Government Intervention	RQ 7		Markets, Taxes and Efficiency Price Ceilings and Efficiency
10/16 Monday				Production with 1 Input Answer Key
10/18 Wednesday	10 Monopoly			The Competitive Paradigm Answer Key
10/20 Friday		RQ 8
10/23 Monday	11 Monopolistic Competition		Monopoly Output and Price
10/25 Wednesday		RQ 9
10/27 Friday	12 Oligopoly
10/30 Monday Last day to get WP.		RQ 10		Price and Output under Monopoly Answer Key
11/1 Wednesday	13 Antitrust, Regulation and Deregulation		Monopolistic Competition Answer Key
11/3 Friday	Second Hour Exam Key to version A Key to version B Sample 1 Sample 2 Fall 2005: Version A, Version B, Version C Fall 2006: Version A, Version B, Version C, Version D
11/6 Monday	Review the results of the exam.
11/8 Wednesday	15 Labor Markets
11/10 Friday			Competitive Labor Markets Monopsony
11/13 Monday	17 Externalities and Public Goods	RQ 13
11/15 Wednesday				Regulation Answer Key
11/17 Friday
11/20 Monday		RQ 11		Labor Demand in competitive markets Key
11/22 Wednesday				Input Demand Answer Key Imperfect Labor Markets and Efficiency
11/24 Friday	Thanksgiving. No class.
11/27 Monday		RQ 15
11/29 Wednesday				Externalities Answer Key Externalities and Efficiency
12/1 Friday	18 International Trade and Trade Policy			Public Goods Answer Key Public Goods and Efficiency
12/4 Monday	Further Reflections on Comparative Advantage and Trade		The Gains from Trade
12/6 Wednesday Last day of class.		RQ 16		Trade in VCR's Answer Key Trade and Efficiency
12/8 Friday	Office hours: TBA
12/11 Monday	Office hours: TBA
12/13 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
12/15 Friday	Section 2, MWF, 10:40-11:30 Final Exam AT 8:30 AM
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