The Maxwell School
Syracuse University
Syracuse University
These links are related to a graduate-level independent study class on microeconomics in the spring of 2013.
| Office: | 426 Eggers |
| Office Hours: | Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00-11:30, or by appointment. |
| Email: | wilcoxen at syr.edu |
| Time: | Thursdays 3:30-5:30 |
| Location: | 341 Eggers |
| Jan 11 | There is now a mailing list for the group. |
| Exercise 1 | Due 1/31. Designing a testing plan for a brownfield. |
| Jan 17 | Course organization; decision making with imperfect information. |
| Jan 24 | Uncertain policies; credibility and incentives; dynamic programming. |
| Jan 31 | Time consistency; irreversibility; option value. |
| Feb 14 | Risk aversion; expected utility; risk premium; certainty equivalent; risk sharing; participation constraints. |
| Feb 28 | Principal-agent problem; incentive compatibility. |
| Mar 1 | Bargaining; loss aversion. |
| Mar 7 | Signalling; NIMBY problem; dominant strategy; Nash equilibrium. |
| Mar 28 | Prisoners dilemma; multiple equilibria; dissipation of rents; competition in location; voting. |
| Apr 4 | Median voter model; dominance solvable games; mixed strategies; sequential games; burning money. |