ECON 711 - Advanced Microeconomics II

This site is for ECON 711 - Advanced Microeonomics II, SP 2023.

Instructor: Prof. Peter Norman normanp@email.unc.edu Office Hours: 11-12 am (T/R)

TA: Dihan Zou dihan@email.unc.edu Office Hours: 10-11 am (Wed), or by appointment

Time and Venue: T/R/F(Rec) 9:30-10:45 am @ GA 0001

Exams and Grades: There will be two midterms, Feb 28 and Mar 28  (25% of the grade each) and a final (40% of the grade). The remaining 10% of the grade is based on the problem sets. You are permitted  (encouraged) to cooperate while solving homework problems, but I recommend that every student makes a serious effort to solve every problem alone before asking your peers. Homework problems should be handed in individually.

Textbooks and References: 

• Gibbons: ``Game Theory for Applied Economists.''

• Mailath: ``Modeling Strategic Behavior.''

• Osborne and Rubinstein: ``A Course in Game Theory''

• Fudenberg and Tirole: ``Game Theory.''

• Mas-Colell, Whinston, and Green: ``Microeconomic Theory.''

• (Online resource) Ozdagler: ``Game Theory with Engineering Application,'' MIT Open Courseware.

• (Online resource) Jonathan Levin's Lecture Notes (Stanford EC 286).

• (Online resource) Kyle Woodward's Notes (UCLA 201C)

Announcements

1. Midterm 2: Mar 28 in class.

2. Final Exam (tentative): 8 am - 11 am, May 9 (Tue) @ GA 0001