ECON 251
Price and Allocation Theory
Fall 2012
(also offered Spring 2013)
Division II
Quantitative/Formal Reasoning
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Class Details
A study of the determination of relative prices and their importance in shaping the allocation of resources and the distribution of income. Subjects include: behavior of households in a variety of settings, such as buying goods and services, saving, and labor supply; behavior of firms in various kinds of markets; results of competitive and noncompetitive markets in goods, labor, land, and capital; market failure; government policies as sources of and responses to market failure; welfare criteria; limitations of mainstream analysis.
The Class:
Format: lecture
Limit: 25
Expected: 25
Class#: 1436
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 25
Expected: 25
Class#: 1436
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
problem sets, one or two midterms, and a final exam
Prerequisites:
Economics 110 and Mathematics 103 or its equivalent
Distributions:
Division II
Quantitative/Formal Reasoning
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ECON 251 - 01 (F) LEC Price and Allocation Theory
ECON 251 - 01 (F) LEC Price and Allocation TheoryDivision II Quantitative/Formal ReasoningTF 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
Schapiro Hall 1411436 -
ECON 251 - 02 (F) LEC Price and Allocation Theory
ECON 251 - 02 (F) LEC Price and Allocation TheoryDivision II Quantitative/Formal ReasoningTF 1:10 pm - 2:25 pm
Bronfman 1041437 -
ECON 251 - 03 (F) LEC Price and Allocation Theory
ECON 251 - 03 (F) LEC Price and Allocation TheoryDivision II Quantitative/Formal ReasoningSarah A. JacobsonMR 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
Chemistry 2061438
Megamenu Social