ECON 251

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Instructor:
Pamela Jakiela

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Fall 2022 Assignment Due Dates

Problem sets are due on Fridays (except for Problem Set 10, which is due the Tuesday before Thanksgiving). The timing of 24-hour take-home exams will be announced in class. Other assignments are due on Sundays. Assignments are due by 11:00 PM.

Date Assignment
September 11 Reading: The Economic Approach to Human Behavior, Chapter 1
September 16 Problem Set 1
September 18 Reading: “Giffen Behavior and Subsistence Consumption”
September 23 Problem Set 2
September 30 Problem Set 3
October 2 Modeling Exercise 1
October 11 Problem Set 4
October 14 Problem Set 5
October 19-20 Take-Home Exam 1
October 23 Reading: “The Distributional Preferences of an Elite”
November 2 Problem Set 6
November 4 Reading: “Paying Not to Go to the Gym”
November 6 Problem Set 7
November 11 Problem Set 8
November 18 Problem Set 9
November 20 Reading: “The Market for Lemons”
November 22 Problem Set 10
November 30 Modeling Exercise 2
December 2 Problem Set 11 (optional)
December 7-8 Take-Home Exam 2
December 15 Modeling Exercise 3 (optional)