Professor Anthony M. Marino
Department of Finance and Business Economics
Textbook: Mas-Colell, Whinston, Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford, 1995: ISBN - 13: 978-0195073409
Contact Information:
Office: HOH 814
Phone: 213-740-6525
E-mail: amarino@usc.edu
Office Hours: MW 2-3:30 and open door
Web Page: http://faculty.marshall.usc.edu/Anthony-Marino/ or a no frames version
https://faculty.marshall.usc.edu/Anthony-Marino/main.html
Topics
Individual Decision Making
Chapter (MWG) Topic
1. Preference and Choice
2. Consumer Choice.
3. Classical Demand Theory.
4. Aggregate Demand
5. Production
6. Choice under Uncertainty
Market Equilibrium and Market Failure.
Chapter Topic
10. Competitive Markets
11. Externalities and Public Goods
12. Market Power
An Introduction to Information Economics
Chapter Topic
Lecture Notes 10 Games
and MWG 7-8.
Lecture Notes 11 Information
and MWG 13-14
Other Course Information
1. I will give a midterm and a final exam. In addition I will assign problem sets, which will be graded and returned. The point allocation scheme is as follows:
Midterm...............80 points
Final Exam...........120 points See final examination schedule
Problem Sets..........80 points
2. Other texts
which may be of interest to you include the following (in order of importance):
· Kreps, D., A Course in Microeconomic Theory, Princeton University Press, 1990.
· Kreps, D., Microeconomic Foundations I, Choice and Competitive Markets, Princeton University Press, 2013.
· Kreps, D., Microeconomic Foundations II, Imperfect Competition, Information, and Strategic Interaction, Princeton University Press, 2023.
· Varian, H., Microeconomic Analysis, W. W. Norton, Third Edition, 1992.
· Jehle, G. and P. Reny, Advanced Microeconomic Theory, Addison Wesley, Third Edition, 2011.
· Nicholson, W., and C. Snyder, Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principals and Extensions, Cengage Learning, Thirteenth Edition, 2025.
· Rasmusen, E., Games and Information, Blackwell, Fourth Edition, 2006.
· Fudenberg, D. and J. Tirole, Game Theory, MIT Press, 1991.
· Tirole, J., The Theory of Industrial Organization, MIT Press, 1998.
Tentative Schedule
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Session |
Date
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Topics
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MWG |
Marino |
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1 M |
8/24 |
Preferences and Choice |
Ch1 |
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2 W |
8/26 |
Preferences and Choice |
Ch1 |
L1 |
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3 M |
8/31 |
The Consumer's Choice
|
Ch2 |
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4 W |
9/2 |
The Consumer's Choice
|
Ch2 |
L2 |
|
5 W |
9/9 |
Neoclassical Demand Theory
|
Ch3 |
|
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6 M |
9/14 |
Neoclassical Demand
Theory
|
Ch3 |
L3 |
|
7 W |
9/16 |
Neoclassical Demand
Theory
|
Ch3 |
L3 |
|
8 M |
9/21 |
The Aggregation of
Demand
|
Ch4 |
|
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9 W |
9/23 |
The Aggregation of
Demand |
Ch4 |
L4 |
|
10 M |
9/28 |
Production Theory |
Ch5 |
|
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11 W |
9/30 |
Production Theory |
Ch5 |
L5 |
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12 M |
10/5 |
Decision Making under
Uncertainty
|
Ch6 |
|
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13 W |
10/7 |
Decision Making under
Uncertainty
|
Ch6 |
L6 |
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14 M |
10/12 |
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Ch6 |
L6 |
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15 W |
10/14 |
Midterm ****** |
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****** |
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16 M |
10/19 |
Competitive Markets |
Ch10 |
|
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17 W |
10/21 |
Competitive Markets |
Ch10 |
|
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18 M |
10/26 |
Competitive Markets
|
Ch10 |
L7 |
|
19 W |
10/28 |
Externalities and Public Goods |
Ch11 |
|
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20 M |
11/2 |
Externalities and Public
Goods |
Ch11 |
L8 |
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21 W |
11/4 |
Imperfect Competition
|
Ch12 |
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22 M |
11/9 |
Imperfect Competition
|
Ch12 |
L9 |
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23 M |
11/16 |
Games |
Ch7,8 |
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24 W |
11/18 |
Games |
Ch7,8 |
L10 |
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25 M |
11/23 |
Games and Information |
Ch7,8,13 |
L10, L11 |
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26 M |
11/30 |
Information
|
Ch,13,14 |
L11 |
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27 W |
12/2 |
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Slides
Sample Exams