MS&E 341: Advanced Economic
Analysis
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Summary
This course builds on the concepts developed in MS&E 241 and
provides a broad introduction to microeconomic theory at the doctoral level.
The main objectives of the course are: 1. to provide a solid core of
analytical and conceptual tools that students can use directly in their
research; 2. to give students an understanding of both the classic
microeconomic theory and some of the recent advances; 3. to enable students to
address a microeconomic problem by structuring it as a formal model, the
analysis of which yields useful predictions and insights. – Topics to be
covered include game theory, industrial organization, general equilibrium,
social choice, incentives & mechanism design.
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Contact Details
Phone: (650)
725-6827 [650-PALM-VCR]
E-Mail: webert@stanford.edu
E-Mail: mjrose@stanford.edu
Course Materials
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Complete Lecture Notes (Version: April 1, 2008; Filesize
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This file also contains all the problem
sets and solutions for the 2004 edition of the course.
If any lecture notes need updating, I’ll
post updated notes on the individual pages by lecture. At the end of the course
I will make again an updated complete file with all compiled lecture notes
available.
Current Problem Sets & Solutions
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Problem
Set 1 (Due: Tuesday, April 15)
– Solutions
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Problem
Set 2 (Due: Tuesday, April 29)
– Solutions
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Problem
Set 3 (Due: Tuesday, May 27) – Solutions
Current Exams & Solutions
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Midterm
Exam (May 2 – May 5 at 5 pm) – Solutions
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Final
Exam (June 6 – June 9 at noon)
– Solutions
Useful Links (Some Stanford Only)
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Engineering Library × obtain the reference books for this
course from the circulation desk
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Econlit
× major database where you can look for published work by
keyword, etc. (go to: EBSCOhost → Research
Databases ... → Econlit)
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Inomics × index of Economics conferences (quite
comprehensive, but still incomplete)
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JSTOR × download top journal papers in Business,
Economics, Statistics; most recent years not available
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Social Science Citation Index × useful to forward-search references to
key papers that you identify: after searching the paper, go to its full record,
click on the number next to “Times Cited”, then on the following page click on
“Total”; the citation index sometimes also contains direct links to databases
with pdf-copies of the papers
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Social Science Research Network × large repository of current working
papers in the social sciences