#  Economics 2010a: Economic Theory 

 





 Semester:   Fall 

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 Year offered:  2023 

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 Link: [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/123028) 

 

 

 

 Covers the theory of individual and group behavior. Topics include consumer theory, producer theory, behavior under uncertainty, externalities, monopolistic distortions, game theory, oligopolistic behavior, and asymmetric information.

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## Class Materials:

### Course Videos

 Link to course videos:

 [Part 1: Introduction](/file_url/295)

 [Part 2: Optimization 1 - One Variable Optimization](/file_url/296)

 [Part 2: Optimization 2 - Two Variable Maximazation - Part 1](/file_url/297)

 [Part 2: Optimization 3 - Two Variable Optimization - Part 2](/file_url/298)

 [Part 2: Optimization 4 - Second Order Conditions](/file_url/299)

 [Part 3: Profit Function 1 - Proflt Maximization](/file_url/300)

 [Part 3: Profit Function 2 - Cobb Douglas Production Function](/file_url/301)

 [Part 3: Profit Function 3 - Profit Function Is Homogeneous of Degree One](/file_url/302)

 [Part 3: Profit Function 4 - Example - Variation in Prices Can Be Good for a Firm](/file_url/303)

 [Part 4: Cost Minimization - Derivatives of the Cost Function](/file_url/304)

 [Part 4: Cost Minimization - Example - Cobb Douglas Production Function](/file_url/305)

 [Part 4: Cost Minimization - LaGrangeans and Cost Minimization](/file_url/306)

 [Part 5: Cobb Douglas Utility Function Basic](/file_url/307)

 [Part 6: Hicksian Demand and Expenditure with Cobb Douglas Utility](/file_url/308)

 [Part 7: Slutsky Decomposition Basic](/file_url/309)

 [Part 8: Labor Supply - Labor Supply](/file_url/310)

 [Part 8: Labor Supply - Labor Supply and Taxes](/file_url/311)

 [Part 9: Price Indices](/file_url/312)

 [Part 10: Savings - 2 Period Savings Problem](/file_url/313)

 [Part 11: Market Equilibrium 1 - EV and CV](/file_url/314)

 [Part 11: Market Equilibrium 2 - Example EV and CV with Cobb Douglas Utility Function](/file_url/315)

 [Part 11: Market Equilibrium 3 - Market Equilibrium with Homogeneous Consumers](/file_url/316)

 [Part 11: Market Equilibrium 4 - Consumer Welfare and Profits in Market Equilibrium](/file_url/317)

 [Part 11: Market Equilibrium 5 - Market Equilibrium with Heterogeneous Consumers](/file_url/318)

 [Part 11: Market Equilibrium 6 - Rent Control](/file_url/319)

 [Part 12: Asymmetric Information - Adverse Selection](/file_url/320)

 [Part 12: Asymmetric Information - Moral Hazard I](/file_url/321)

 [Part 12: Asymmetric Information - Moral Hazard II](/file_url/322)

 [Part 13: Monopoly and Oligopoly 1 - Monopoly](/file_url/323)

 [Part 13: Monopoly and Oligopoly 2 - Oligopoly](/file_url/324)

 [Part 13: Monopoly and Oligopoly 3 - Monopoly an Duopoly Examples](/file_url/325)

 [Part 13: Monopoly and Oligopoly 4 - Stackelberg Competition](/file_url/326)

 [Part 13: Monopoly and Oligopoly 5 - Bertrand Competition](/file_url/327)

 [Part 14: Game Theory 1: Introduction to Game Theory](/file_url/328)

 [Part 14: Game Theory 2: Mixed Strategies](/file_url/329)

##  Class: 

 Economics 2011A: Intermediate Microeconomics: Advanced