Principles of Microeconomics
SYLLABUS Economic principles emphasizing scarcity and choice, consumer behavior, supply and demand, markets, production and cost, globalization of markets, role of government, and market and government failure.
Within the last five years, I have taught classes in principles of microeconomics, intermediate microeconomics, law and economics, American economic history and econometrics.. Here are links to recent syllabi. For current students, see the canvas course page for information.
SYLLABUS Economic principles emphasizing scarcity and choice, consumer behavior, supply and demand, markets, production and cost, globalization of markets, role of government, and market and government failure.
SYLLABUS Theory of pricing under varying market conditions and distribution of income among the factors of production. Topics will include preferences, utility, demand, cost minimization and profit maximization, competitive and monopolistic markets, and oligopoly
SYLLABUS This course examines development of the American economy from colonial history to present. Topics include changes in institutions, the standard of living, income distributions, social mobility, labor markets, demographic structure, technological development, and the financial system. More specifically, the class is roughly divided into three components: (1) Long run trends in the American economy, (2) the history of American labor, and (3) studies of particular sectors of the American economy (finance, transportation, etc.).
SYLLABUS This course is about how the law affects economic outcomes. Topics to be discussed include property, torts, contracts, litigation, and criminal law. We will be particularly interested in how the law can help society reach efficient outcomes, and the likely effects of proposed changes to the law. Note that this is an economics course. That is, the course is about understanding the effects of legal rules through economic analysis, in contrast to a course focused on what the law says about particular situations.
SYLLABUS The primary goal of this course is to give an introduction to econometrics with a particular emphasis on causal inference. A secondary goal is to introduce the rudiments of programming and data management. Finally, this class is an opportunity to write a major research paper.