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Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy
- Instructor
- Prof. David Autor
- Term
- Fall 2016
- Level
- Undergraduate, Graduate
- What's inside
- 2 exams · 1 solution · 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 33 other files · 12 web pages
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Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 14.03 Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy, Fall 2016, Prof. David Autor — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Learning to Think Like an Economist
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- 14.03/14.003 Fall 2016 Lecture 2 Notes Download
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- 14.03/14.003 Fall 2016 Lecture 8 Part 1 Notes Download
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- 14.03/14.003 Fall 2016 Lecture 11 Example Notes Download
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- 14.03/14.003 Fall 2016 United States Sugar Program Notes. Download
Recitations
- 14.03 F16 Recitation 3 Slides Download
- 14.03 F16 Recitation 5: General Equilibrium Practice Problem Download
- 14.03 F16 Recitation Practice Problems Download
- 14.03 Fall 2016 Recitation 1 Slides Download
- 14.03 Fall 2016 Recitation 2 Slides Download
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Practice Problems
- 14.03 Fall 2012 Problem Set 4 Solutions Download
- 14.03 Fall 2016 Practice Problems for Insurance and Signaling Download
- 14.03 Fall 2016 Practice Problems on Surplus and Edgeworth Boxes Download
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Lecture 2: Causal inference in economics, with an application to the minimum wage debate
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Lecture 3: Axioms of consumer preference and the theory of choice Math tools
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Lecture 4: Utility maximization
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Lecture 5: The expenditure function, with an application to gift giving
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Lecture 6: Demand functions: Income effects, substitution effects, and labor supply
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Lecture 7: Linking compensated and uncompensated demand: Theory and evidence
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Lecture 8: Parts 1 & 2: Applying consumer theory to competitive markets-The United States sugar program
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Lecture 9: Applied competitive analysis: A second example
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Lecture 10: General equilibrium in a pure exchange economy
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Lecture 11: Applying the GE framework to consumer markets: Fishing in the State of Kerala, India Lecture 11 example: Taxation versus lump sum transfers in the Edgeworth box
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Lecture 12: International trade and the principle of comparative advantage
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Lecture 13: The gains from international trade: Empirical evidence using the method of instrumental variables
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Lecture 14: Why is free trade controversial? Theory and evidence
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Lecture 15: Does trade raise national income? The method of Instrumental Variables
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Lecture 16: Uncertainty, risk preference, and expected utilit theory
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Lecture 17: The market for risk
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Lecture 18: Two applications of risk and safety regulation: Airplane seats for infants and the value of a statistical life
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Lecture 19: Causal inference using regression discontinuity design
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Lecture 20: Education, human capital, and labor market signaling
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Lecture 21: Signaling and statistical discrimination: An application to “Ban the Box” legislation
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Lecture 22: Private information, adverse selection and market failure
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Lecture 23: Adverse selection, risk aversion, and insurance markets
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