Temple University Department of Economics

Date and Day	Reading	Review Questions	Other	Practice Problem Sets	Hwk from MyEconLab
1/17/2007 Wednesday	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
1/19 Friday		RQ 1			Algebra and graphs review
1/22 Monday	2 Efficiency and Allocation 3 The American Economy			Introductory Problems Answer Key	Chapter 1
1/24 Wednesday
1/26 Friday	Notes 1	RQ2			Chapters 2 & 3
1/29 Monday Last day to drop.				Comparative Advantage Answer Key
1/31 Wednesday	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
2/2 Friday		RQ 4			Chapter 4
2/5 Monday	Notes 2			Two Country Trade Answer Key
2/7 Wednesday	5 Elasticity		Elasticity: Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3
2/9 Friday		RQ 5		Equilibrium Answer Key	Chapter 5
2/12 Monday	7 Consumer Behavior		How Many Should You Buy Getting the Most for Your Money
2/14 Wednesday	Elasticity Applications	RQ 7		Utility Maximization Answer Key
2/16 Friday	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
2/19 Monday	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
2/21 Wednesday	Review the results of the exam.
2/23 Friday	8 Firm Production and Cost		Production from one variable input Fixed, Variable and Total Costs Production, and Average and Marginal Costs Competitive Output
2/26 Monday		RQ 8
2/28 Wednesday	9 Perfect Competition
3/2 Friday			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
3/5 - 3/9 Monday - Friday	Spring Break
3/12 Monday	6 Market Efficiency And Government Intervention	RQ 9		Markets, Taxes and Efficiency Price Ceilings and Efficiency
3/14 Wednesday				Production with 1 Input Answer Key
3/16 Friday	10 Monopoly			The Competitive Paradigm Answer Key
3/19 Monday		RQ 10
3/21 Wednesday	11 Monopolistic Competition		Monopoly Output and Price
3/23 Friday		RQ 11
3/26 Monday Last day to get WP	12 Oligopoly
3/28 Wednesday		RQ 12		Price and Output under Monopoly Answer Key
3/30 Friday	13 Antitrust, Regulation and Deregulation		Monopolistic Competition Answer Key
4/2 Monday	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
4/4 Wednesday	Review the results of the exam.
4/6 Friday	15 Labor Markets
4/9 Monday			Competitive Labor Markets Monopsony
4/11 Wednesday	17 Externalities and Public Goods	RQ 15
4/13 Friday				Regulation Answer Key
4/16 Monday
4/18 Wednesday		RQ 17a		Labor Demand in competitive markets Key
4/20 Friday				Input Demand Answer Key Imperfect Labor Markets and Efficiency Key
4/23 Monday		RQ 17b		Externalities Answer Key Externalities and Efficiency Answer Key
4/25 Wednesday	18 International Trade and Trade Policy			Public Goods Answer Key Public Goods and Efficiency Answer Key
4/27 Friday	Further Reflections on Comparative Advantage and Trade	RQ 18	The Gains from Trade	Trade in VCR's Answer Key Trade and Efficiency Answer Key
4/30 Monday	Third Hour Exam For sample questions see the following: Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3, Sample 4, Sample 5, Sample 6 Since these are final exams from prior semesters not all of the questions are relevant to you.
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