Welcome to my Econ 301 Spring 2020 website. Here you will find all handouts from discussion section and their solutions along with some general course information and summary notes for each midterm. All deadlines can also be found in the syllabus posted on canvas, changes to deadlines will be announced and updated here as well.
Professor: Prof. Rasmus Lentz
Lecture: Tue & Thur 9:30-10:45AM in Sewell Social Science 6104
TA: Laura Boisten
TA e-mail: boisten@wisc.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 8:00AM - 9:30AM and Thursdays 3:00-4:30PM
324 Friday, 11:00-11:50 Van Hise 209
320 Friday, 12:05-12:55 Social Science 4314
322 Friday, 1:20-2:10 Van Hise 219
323 Friday, 2:25-3:15 Ingraham 115
*** Due to Covid-19, we have moved to online teaching, discussion section 324 will be recorded and posted on canvas. The remainder of the sections will be used for review session and extra OH.
Midterm I: Thursday, Feb. 20th (in class)
Midterm II: Thursday, March 26th (online, open notes/book)
Midterm III: Thursday, April 30th
Final Exam (cumulative): Sunday, May 3rd 5:05-7:05pm
PS1: Sunday, Feb 9th
PS2: Sunday, Feb 16th
PS3: Friday, March 6th
PS4: Friday, March 13th
PS5: Friday, April 17th
PS6: Friday, April 24th
Week 1: Handout 1: Calculus Review and Solutions and my notes
Week 2: Handout 2: Consumer Theory and Solutions
Week 3: Handout 3: Exchange Equilibrium and Solutions
Week 4: Handout 4: Choice under Uncertainty and Solutions
Week 5: Discuss Midterm 1 Solutions
Week 6: Handout 5: Game Theory and Solutions
Week 7: Handout 6: Game Theory & Producer Theory and Solutions
Week 8: Handout 7: Producer Theory and Solutions
Week 9: Spring Break
Week 10: Discuss Midterm 2 Solutions; my solutions
Week 11: Handout 8: Monopoly and Solutions
Week 12: Handout 9: Oligopoly and Solutions
Week 13: Handout 10: Externalities and Solutions
Week 14: Handout 11: Asymmetric Information and Solutions
Week 15: Handout 12: Review
* I have written these notes and they are neither meant to be exclusive or exhaustive. Make sure you go over all lecture notes, discussion handouts, problem sets and practice problems posted on canvas.
First Midterm Material: Consumer Theory Notes
Second Midterm Material: Producer Theory & Game Theory Notes
Third Midterm Material: Cournot, Monopoly, Imperfect Information and Externality Notes