EES 212B, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Reaching me:

• Office: 723-2847
• Home: 322-9835
• Terman Engineering Center 306
• EMAIL: sweeney@soe.stanford.edu

Office hours

• Monday 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
• Wednesday 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
• Or by appointment

Teaching Assistant

Juan Smith-Perera

• Home: 497-7270
• Email: JESP@Leland.stanford.edu
• Office hours: Terman 442, Tuesdays 9:30 to 11:30am
• Or by appointment

Problem Sessions: To accomodate scheduling difficulties, two will be offered:

• Thursday evenings, 6:30 to 8:00
• Friday mornings, 9:30 to 11:00, Terman, Room 332

Textbook

• David G. Luenberger, Microeconomic Theory

Regular Background reading

A current periodical dealing with economic issues, e.g.

• Business Week
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Economist, or
• The New York Times business pages.

Grading

• Midterm Exam: Mon., Feb. 12 (date might be revised) -- 25 % of grade
• Final Exam: Take home exam, due on Friday, March 22 -- 50% of grade
• Problem Sets -- 10 % of grade, based only on whether you turned in problem sets
• Team Project: Oral Presentation plus short written report -- 15 % of grade

Prerequisites:

• EES 241
• EES 212A

Market Structure Issues

5 Classes

• Monopoly and Oligopoly (Chapter 3.8)
• Game Theory (Chapter 8)
• Uncertainty (Chapter 11)

General Equilibrium Theory and Welfare Economics:

4 Classes

• General Equilibrium (Chapter 7)
• Externalities (Chapter 9)
• Welfare and Social Choice (Chapter 10)

Macroeconomics and Growth Theory

5 Classes

• National Income Identities
• IS-LM Analysis
• Growth Theory

Project Presentations

1 Class

Wrap up and Summary:

1 Class