EES&OR 341, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Reaching me:

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

Office hours

• Monday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
• Wednesday 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 
• Or by appointment, through Maggie Barstow-Taylor (725-8851)

Teaching Assistant

Problem Sessions: To be announced

Textbook

• David G. Luenberger, Microeconomic Theory 

Regular Background reading

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

Grading

• Midterm Exam: Wed., May 7 (date might be revised) -- 25 % of grade 
• Final Exam: Monday,  June 9 -- 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&OR 211
• EES&OR 241 or equivalent 

Market Structure Issues

5 Classes

• Market Structure: 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