NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Required Text

J. Prager, Applied Microeconomics: An Intermediate Text (Irwin, 1993)

Lecture Sequencing

Lectures will follow the chapter order of the text.

Study Groups

This course may prove deceptively easy. It is not. Consequently, you might find it worthwhile to study on a regular basis with a classmate.

Exercises

You will be assigned exercises periodically. But you ought to test your understanding of the course more frequently. You might consider using the questions at the end of each text chapter for this purpose. Exercises must be submitted by 6 PM of the date indicated. You must submit a hard copy, leaving it in the mailbox of the course's TA (name to be announced ASAP). Exercises submitted after the due date and time will not be accepted.

Exams

Two hour-long class exams will be scheduled in conjunction with class preferences. The content of these optional exams will be limited. In contrast, the final examination will be comprehensive as well as compulsory. The final grade will be calculated as a weighted average of exams taken as well as the homework assignments.

Prerequisite

Students who are registered for the intermediate micro course without the introductory micro prerequisite should consider dropping out.

Website

Much of the class material -- assignments and due dates, sample exam questions, exam dates, text errata -- will be found on my website: www.econ.nyu.edu/dept/courses/prager/prager.htm

Office Hours

I have not scheduled regular office hours this semester. But I will be available in my office at 269 Mercer, Room 704 by appointment.You can easily arrange an appointment by speaking to me after class, calling me at 998-8911, or e-mailing me at: Jonas.Prager@nyu.edu. You are also urged to use e-mail to ask questions or address comments, to which I normally respond within 24 hours.