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Economics
University Foundations

First-year university

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Mathematical Tools for Economics0 of 3 ready
  1. 01Functions and optimisation — the economist's toolkitcoming soon
  2. 02Multivariate optimisation and Lagrangianscoming soon
  3. 03Comparative statics — how equilibria changecoming soon
Preference and Utility (Formal)0 of 3 ready
  1. 01Preference axioms — the rational consumer modelcoming soon
  2. 02Utility functions representing preferencescoming soon
  3. 03Indifference curves — formal propertiescoming soon
Utility Maximisation (Formal)0 of 3 ready
  1. 01The consumer's problem — formal setupcoming soon
  2. 02Marshallian demand — deriving and interpretingcoming soon
  3. 03Corner solutions and Kuhn-Tucker conditionscoming soon
Expenditure Minimisation and Duality0 of 3 ready
  1. 01Expenditure minimisation — the dual problemcoming soon
  2. 02The duality between UMax and EMincoming soon
  3. 03Slutsky equation — decomposing demand responsescoming soon
Revealed Preference0 of 1 ready
  1. 01Revealed preference — testing rationalitycoming soon
Choice Under Uncertainty0 of 3 ready
  1. 01Expected utility theory — von Neumann-Morgensterncoming soon
  2. 02Risk aversion measures — Arrow-Prattcoming soon
  3. 03Insurance and portfolio choice under uncertaintycoming soon
Production Functions0 of 2 ready
  1. 01Production technology — isoquants and MRTScoming soon
  2. 02The profit-maximising firm — formal modelcoming soon
Cost Functions0 of 3 ready
  1. 01Cost minimisation — the firm's dual problemcoming soon
  2. 02Properties of cost functionscoming soon
  3. 03Cost concepts — average, marginal, long-runcoming soon
Profit Maximisation (Formal)0 of 2 ready
  1. 01Supply function and profit functioncoming soon
  2. 02Duality in production theorycoming soon
General Equilibrium and Welfare0 of 3 ready
  1. 01Exchange economies — Edgeworth boxcoming soon
  2. 02Competitive equilibrium — Walrasiancoming soon
  3. 03The first and second welfare theoremscoming soon
Monopoly (University Level)0 of 3 ready
  1. 01Monopoly — formal model and welfarecoming soon
  2. 02Durable goods monopoly — Coase conjecturecoming soon
  3. 03Natural monopoly regulationcoming soon
Game Theory (University Level)0 of 5 ready
  1. 01Normal form games and Nash equilibriumcoming soon
  2. 02Mixed strategy Nash equilibriumcoming soon
  3. 03Extensive form games — backward inductioncoming soon
  4. 04Repeated games and cooperationcoming soon
  5. 05Bayesian games — incomplete informationcoming soon
Adverse Selection0 of 2 ready
  1. 01Adverse selection — hidden informationcoming soon
  2. 02Screening contracts — separating equilibriacoming soon
Moral Hazard0 of 2 ready
  1. 01Moral hazard — hidden actioncoming soon
  2. 02Optimal contracts with moral hazardcoming soon
Mechanism Design0 of 3 ready
  1. 01Mechanism design — the revelation principlecoming soon
  2. 02Vickrey-Clarke-Groves mechanismcoming soon
  3. 03Auction theorycoming soon
IS-LM Model0 of 3 ready
  1. 01The IS curve — goods market equilibriumcoming soon
  2. 02The LM curve — money market equilibriumcoming soon
  3. 03IS-LM equilibrium and policy analysiscoming soon
AS-AD Formal0 of 3 ready
  1. 01Deriving aggregate demand from IS-LMcoming soon
  2. 02Aggregate supply — new classical vs new Keynesiancoming soon
  3. 03Policy in AS-AD — supply and demand shockscoming soon
Solow Growth Model0 of 3 ready
  1. 01The Solow model — capital accumulationcoming soon
  2. 02Convergence and growth accountingcoming soon
  3. 03Endogenous growth — Romer modelcoming soon
Consumption Theory0 of 3 ready
  1. 01Permanent income hypothesis — Friedmancoming soon
  2. 02Life-cycle hypothesis — Modiglianicoming soon
  3. 03Random walk and Euler equationcoming soon
Investment Theory0 of 2 ready
  1. 01The q theory of investmentcoming soon
  2. 02Investment under uncertainty — real optionscoming soon
New Keynesian Model0 of 2 ready
  1. 01New Keynesian Phillips curvecoming soon
  2. 02The Taylor rule and monetary policycoming soon
Business Cycles0 of 3 ready
  1. 01Real business cycle theorycoming soon
  2. 02New Keynesian business cyclescoming soon
  3. 03Financial frictions and business cyclescoming soon