Study materials
Budget Constraint, Preferences and Utility (22/9)
Literature: Varian (8e), chapters 2, 3, and 4
Slides, Slides (print), Workouts
Additional materials:
- Slides (won't be used in lectures): budget constraint, preferences, utility
- Papers from the slides: Black, Sanders a Taylor 2003, Fenn a Crooker 2009
- Lecture of Steven Levitt on Sackler Big Data Colloquium: Thinking Differently About Big Data
Choice and Revealed Preference (30/9)
Literature: Varian (8e), chapters 5 and sections 7.1–7.7
Slides, Slides (print), Workouts
Additional materials:
- Slides (won't be used in lectures): choice, revealed preference
- Papers from the slides: Waldfogel 1993, Ishii 2005
Demand and Slutsky Equation (6/10)
Literature: Varian (8e), chapters 6 a 8
Slides, Slides (print), Workouts
Additional materials:
- Slides (won't be used in lectures): demand, Slutsky equation
- Papers from the slides: Jensen a Miller 2008, Kagel et al. 1975, Chen et al. 2006
Consumer's Surplus, Market Demand and Equilibrium (13/10)
Literature: Varian (8e), chapters 14, 15, and 16
Slides, Slides (print), Workouts
Additional materials:
- Slides (won't be used in lectures): consumer's surplus, market demand, equilibrium
- Papers from the slides: King 1981 (NBER version)
- Rory Sutherland, TED lecture: Brand over Brain
Uncertainty (20/10)
Literature: Varian (8e), chapter 12
Slides, Slides (print), Workouts
Additional materials:
- Slides (won't be used in lectures): uncertainty
- Papers from the slides: Kahneman a Tversky 1979, Snowberg a Wolfers 2006, Finkelstein a McKnight 2008, Becker, Murphy a Topel 2010, Weitzman 2009
Firm (27/10)
Literature: Varian (8e), chapters 18, 19 (without 19.2-4 a 11), 20 (without 20.2-3) a 21
Slides, Slides (print), Workouts
Additional materials:
- Slides (won't be used in lectures): technology, profit maximization, cost minimization, cost curves
- Papers from the slides: Cooper a Hatiwanger 2006, Jensen 2007, Piacenza 2006, Acemoglu a Finkelstein 2008
Firm Supply and Industry Supply (3/11)
Literature: Varian (8e), chapters 22 a 23
Slides, Slides (print), Workouts
Additional materials:
- Slides (won't be used in lectures): firm supply, industry supply
- Paper from the slides: Hortacsu a Puller 2008
- Podcast: NPR Planet Money: "The Taxi King"
Monopoly and Monopoly Behavior (10/11)
Literature: Varian (8e), chapters 24 a 25
Slides, Slides (print), Workouts
Additional materials:
- Slides (won't be used in lectures): monopoly, monopoly behavior
- Papers from the slides: Dubé 2005
Oligopoly and Game Theory (24/11)
Literature: Varian (8e), chapters 27.1-9, 28.1-3, 28.7-8
Slides, Slides (print), Workouts
Additional materials:
- Slides (won't be used in lectures): oligopoly, game theory
- Papers from the slides: Chiappori, Groseclose a Levitt 2002, Ellison a Ellison 2009, Aghion et al. 2001
Cartel and Asymmetric Information (1/12)
Literature: Varian (8e), chapters 27.10-11, 28.4-6, 37
Slides, Slides (print), Workouts
Additional materials:
- Slides (won't be used in lectures): asymmetric information
- Papers from the slides: List 2006, Hungerford a Solon 1987, Weiss 1988, Levitt a Syverson 2008
Exchange and Production (8/12)
Literature: Varian (8e), chapters 31, 32.7–9, 32.11–14
Slides, Slides (print), Workouts
Additional materials: slides (won't be used in lectures): exchange, production
Behavioral Economics (15/12)
Literature: Varian (8e), chapter 30 a Goolsbee, Levitt, Syverson: Microeconomics (anglicky), kapitola 17
Additional materials:
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Slides (won't be used in lectures): behavioral economics
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Papers from the slides: Tversky a Kahneman 1981, Kahneman, Knetsch a Thaler 1990, Thaler 1985, Arkes a Blumer 1985, Genesove a Mayer 2001, DellaVigna a Malmendier 2006, Bardsley 2008, Meer a Rosen 2009, DellaVigna, List a Malmendier 2012, Becker, Murphy a Topel 1988, Angrist 1990
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Steven Levitt´s lecture at Imagine 2013 General Session here
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TED lecture by Dan Ariely: "Are we in control of our decisions" here