Temple University Department of Economics

Date and Day	Reading	Review Questions	Other	Homework, due on the date shown for the row.
1/19 Wednesday	1 Thinking Like an Economist Apreso 9:40 Apreso 10:40		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
1/21 Friday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ 1
1/24 Monday	2 Comparative Advantage Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30			Introductory Problems Answer Key
1/26 Wednesday	Notes 1 Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ2
1/28 Friday Last day to drop				Comparative Advantage Answer Key
1/31 Monday	3 Supply and Demand Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30		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
2/2 Wednesday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ 3
2/4 Friday	Notes 2 Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30			Two Country Trade Answer Key
2/7 Monday	4 Elasticity Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30		Elasticity: Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3
2/9 Wednesday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ 4		Equilibrium Answer Key
2/11 Friday	5 Demand: The Benefit Side of the Mkt Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30		How Many Should You Buy Getting the Most for Your Money
2/14 Monday Valentine's Day	Elasticity Applications Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ 5		Utility Maximization Answer Key
2/16 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 Apreso 10:30
2/18 Friday	First Hour Exam Sample 1 Sample 2 Fall 2004 Answer Keys: Exam One, Two, Three, and Four Spring 2005 Answer Keys: Exam One, Two
2/21 Monday	Review the results of the exam. Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30
2/23 Wednesday	6 Perfectly Competitive Supply Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30		Production from one variable input Fixed, Variable and Total Costs Production, and Average and Marginal Costs Competitive Output
2/25 Friday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ 6
2/28 Monday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30
3/2 Wednesday	7 Efficiency and Exchange: Economic Surplus and Taxes Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30		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
3/4 Friday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ 7
3/7 -- 3/11	Spring Break
3/14 Monday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30			Production with 1 Input Answer Key
3/16 Wednesday	8 The Quest for Profit Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30			The Competitive Paradigm Answer Key
3/18 Friday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ 8
3/21 Monday	9 Imperfect Competition Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30		Monopoly Output and Price
3/23 Wednesday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ 9		Price and Output under Monopoly Answer Key
3/25 Friday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30 10 Thinking Strategically			Monopolistic Competition Answer Key
3/28 Monday Last day to get WP.	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ 10
3/30 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 Apreso 10:30
4/1 Friday	Second Hour Exam Key to version A Key to version B Sample 1 Sample 2 Key to yellow exam Key to blue exam
4/4 Monday	Review the results of the exam. Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30
4/6 Wednesday	Public Policy and Market Structure. More on Chapter 9 and 10. Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30
4/8 Friday	13 Labor Markets Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30		Competitive Labor Markets Monopsony	Regulation Answer Key
4/11 Monday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ 13
4/13 Wednesday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30
4/15 Friday	11 Externalities and Property Rights Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30			Labor Demand in competitive markets Key
4/18 Monday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ 11
4/20 Wednesday	15 Public Goods and Tax Policy Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30			Input Demand Answer Key
4/22 Friday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ 15
4/25 Monday	12 Economics of Information Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30			Externalities Answer Key
4/27 Wednesday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30	RQ 12		Public Goods Answer Key
4/29 Friday	Apreso 9:30 Apreso 10:30 ~~16 International Trade and Trade Policy~~		~~The Gains from Trade~~	Information Answer Key
5/2 Monday Last day of class.	We will not be doing Chapter 16 this semester!	~~RQ 16~~		~~Trade in VCR's~~ ~~Answer Key~~
5/3 - 5/4 Tuesday & Wednesday	Study Days
5/5 Thursday	Office hours:
5/6 Friday	Section 10, MWF, 10:40-11:30 Final Exam AT 8:30 AM Office hours: 2 - 3:30 PM Sample 1 Sample 2
5/11 Wednesday	Section 2, MWF, 9:40-10:30 Final Exam AT 8:30 AM
Office Hours: MWF, 2-3:30 PM Ritter Annex 813