Microeconomic Theory IV
Théorie microéconomique IV
ECO6122 - ECO6522
Fall - Automne 2007

Professeurs/Professors: Marcel Mérette and/et Louis Hotte

TA: JIn Woong Kim (stage name: Bob)
TA Tutorials: Fridays 11h30-13h00 room HGN 305, starting Sept 28.
TA Office Hours: Thursdays 13h00-15h00, room 10129, starting Sept 27.
Course Outline
Plan de cours
Sections to cover in Varian:

Reading sugestion: I find that the first two sections of chapter 6 on duality are not very clear.  The following sections from Jehle and Reny (2001) provide a much better treatment of the duality principle: 3.4, 2.1.1 and 2.1.2.

Exercises English Class:
  1. Varian Chapter 1: 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11) a, b, c, d (Hand in Tuesday Sept 18 in class.)
  2. Varian Chapter 2: 1, 2, 3, 7 and MGW 5.C.12 (Hand in Tuesday Sept 25 in class.)
  3. Varian Chapter 3: 1,2,3,4 (Hand in Tuesday Oct 2 in class.)
  4. Varian Chapter 4: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 (Hand in Tuesday Oct 2 in class.)
  5. Chap 5 Varian: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 (Hand in Tuesday Oct 9 in class.)
  6. Chap 6 Varian: 1, 2, 3 (Hand in Tuesday Oct 9 in class.) 
  7. Chapters 7 to 11 ...
  8. Chap 13 Varian: 1,2,4,5,6,8 (Hand in Tuesday Nov 13  in class.)
  9. Chap 15: 1, 6, 9a,c,d (Hand in Tueday Nov 27 in class.)
  10. Chap 16: 1, 4, 10a,b,c,d, 11, 12  and Cournot with n firms  (Hand in Tueday Nov 27 in class.)
Exercices français:
  1. Chap 1 Varian: 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11) a, b, c, d
  2. Chap 2 Varian: 1, 2, 3, 7 et  MGW 5.C.12 (À remettre vendredi 21 septembre.)
  3. Chap 3 Varian: 1,2,3,4 (À remettre jeudi 27 sept en classe.)
  4. Chap 4 Varian: Tout sauf 7  (À remettre jeudi 27 sept en classe.)
  5. Chap 5 Varian: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 (À rendre jeudi 4 octobre en classe)
  6. Chap 6 Varian: 1, 2, 3 (À rendre jeudi 4 octobre en classe) 
  7. Chap 7 à 11 ...
  8. Chap 13 Varian: 1,2,4,5,6,8 (À rendre jeudi 15 nov en classe.)
  9. Chap 15: 1, 6, 9a,c,d (À rendre au dernier cours.)
  10. Chap 16: 1, 4, 10a,b,c,d, 11, 12  et Cournot avec n firmes  (À rendre au dernier cours.)

Solutions to exercises:
NB Those solutions may be incomplete, or contain mistakes or inaccuracies.  They are provided here solely as one additional resource to help you in your learning process.

Varian Chap 1
Varian Chap 2
MGW 5.C.12
Varian Chap 3
Varian Chap 4
Varian Chap 5 no2,   nos 4,6,   nos 8,10,12,16
Varian Chap 6
CES expenditure function
Varian Chap 7
Varian Chap 8
Varian Chap 9 and 10



Examns antérieurs:
Previous exams:
NB Those exams are provided as examples only of possible questions.  In particular, the fact that one of the professors has changed since 2005 means that the style of questions may vary from those provided below. 

Mid-term 2007 - Solution mid-term 2007 part A
Final Dec 2006 part 1 ;  part 2
Final Déc 2006: 1ère partie; 2e partie
Mid-term 2006
Mi-session 2006
 Mid-term 2005
Mi-session 2005
Final 2005 English
Final 2005 français