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14.01  Principles of Microeconomics

Fall 2015

Instructor: Jonathan Gruber

TAs: Joshua Thomas Dean, Donghee Jo, David Liu, Arianna Ornaghi, Mahvish I Shaukat, Mengxi Wu, Roman Andres Zarate Vasquez

Lecture (Jon Gruber):  MW11 (E25-111)  
Recitation (Roman):  R01 (F10, 5-134), R02 (F11, 5-217) 
Recitation (David):  R03 (F12, 5-217), R04 (F1, 1-135), R05 (F11, 1-135) 
Grad Student Section (Josh, Arianna, Mahvish):  R07 (MWF10, 35-310), R08 (MWF1, 35-308), R09 (MWF2, 35-308) 
Tutorial section (Jia Yi):  W 7:30-9:30pm (5-134) 

Information: 

This introductory undergraduate course covers the fundamentals of microeconomics. Topics include supply and demand, market equilibrium, consumer theory, production and the behavior of firms, monopoly, oligopoly, welfare economics, public goods, and externalities.

Exam schedule:

First exam: 10/6 (Tue) 7:30pm-9:30pm. 50-340
Second exam: 11/10 (Tue) 7:30pm-9:30pm. 10-250
Final exam: 12/16 (Wed) 1:30pm-4:30pm. Johnson

Any schedule conflict should be directed to the Head TA. Students with exam conflicts must give written notice at least two weeks in advance.

OCW archive available

Announcements

Final exam, letter grade

1. Final exam scores and your letter grades are now available on Websis (Please wait for a while if you don't see your letter grades on Websis. We definitely saved all your grades in the system.)

2. Final exam average was 110, and the standard deviation was 22.6. The solution is now posted on Stellar.

3. Our course admin, Beata Shuster, has your exams. Please come to her desk (E17-201g) between 2pm and 4pm of the following dates if you want you pick up your exam: 12/21, 12/22, 12/23, 12/28, 12/29, 12/30.

Thanks. I hope you had good learning experience from this course over the semester. Happy holidays!

Announced on 18 December 2015  6:30  p.m. by Donghee Jo

FINAL EXAM: 12/16 (Wed) 1:30pm-4:30pm. Johnson

You need a calculator for arithmetic calculations. Please don't forget to bring one.

Announced on 15 December 2015  5:47  p.m. by Donghee Jo

Office Hours

Hi,

I will hold office hours from 1:00 to 2:30 in E19-713 on Tuesday. If you plan to come please send me an email with your questions beforehand.

Best,
Roman

Announced on 11 December 2015  1:53  p.m. by Roman Andres Zarate Vasquez

Past exams

Some answers for the past exams have been updated, because we found some errors. We are also updating 2010 final exam, because we found the solution in OCW.

Announced on 09 December 2015  5:55  p.m. by Donghee Jo

PS9 due tomorrow

Problem set 9 is due tomorrow in your section.

Announced on 03 December 2015  3:29  p.m. by Donghee Jo

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