Logistics for... Econ 101b: Fall 1999

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Week of Mon. Aug. 23

• If you want to maximize your chances to get into Econ 101b, don't forget to attend at least on the sections during the first week of class. Failure to do so greatly reduces your chances to be admitted in the class. There is nothing that a T.A. can do for you if you get dropped from a class by the Department. If you have not done so, please write me an email so that I know I should not take your name off the class list.
• If you are on the waiting list, don't forget to fill out an RCA form. These can be found on the 5th floor of Evans, accross from 508-1 Evans. Needless to say, do not forget to turn in this form promptly!!!
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• Math Review

On Wed. Aug. 25 and Tues. Aug. 31, we will be reviewing elementary but useful mathematical concepts. Here are two references that I think can help you in brushing up the math tools you will need for intermediate macroeconomics:

• James Stewart, Calculus - Early Transcendentals, 3rd edition, Brooks/Cole Pub Co, April 1999.

This is the book Berkeley undergraduates seem use to study Calculus in Calculus 1A and B. I therefore assume that Economics majors should have a copy of this textbook. It seems to be on reserve in the Astr/Math library (QA303.S8825 1995)

• Carl Simon and Lawrence Blume, Mathematics for Economists, Norton and Company, 1994.

This is one of the books we use to brush up our mathematics in the graduate program of the Department of Economics here at Berkeley. Don't be scared off by that fact though, it's a rather easy to read book. It covers some concepts more specific to Economics that are not covered in the previous reference. One copy is supposed to be available from the Bus & Econ library on 09/01 (HB135 .B59 1994)

Finally, here is an additional reference that I have found later on:

• Michael W. Klein, Mathematical Methods for Economists, Addison Wesley: Reading, Massachusetts, 1998

This is probably a good compromise between the two previous references. This book starts from "scratch" while focusing on the needs of economists. It does not seem to be available from the library but you can of course order it from Amazon.com.

Week of Mon. Aug. 30

• This semester Clara Wang is the Department's Outreach tutor/Advisor. Her position is designed to help students who are having difficulty in their Economics core courses (Econ 1, Econ 100A and 100B, Econ 101A and 101B).

• Office:  608-14 Evans
  Phone:  642-8666
  Email:  cywang@econ.berkeley.edu
  
  Drop In Hours:

  • Tuesday 10-12

  • Wednesday 10-1

  • Sign Up Hours (for one-on-one tutoring):

  • Thursday 10-12

• Clara is also available by appointment.

• JP's Office Hours have been set democratically to Thursday 4-6 in 508-7 Evans.

Week of Mon. Sep. 6

• No section this monday since it's Labor Day.

• Problem Set 1 is due in class on Thursday 9/9

Week of Mon. Oct. 4

• The answer key to Problem Set 1 is available from the web at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-1-A/PS-1-A.html
  the corresponding Mathematica 3.0 notebook can be found at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-1-A/PS-1-A.nb
  the corresponding PDF can be found at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-1-A/PS-1-A.pdf
  
  
• The answer key to Problem Set 2 is available from the web at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-2-A/PS-2-A.html
  the corresponding Mathematica 3.0 notebook can be found at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-2-A/PS-2-A.nb
  the corresponding PDF can be found at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-2-A/PS-2-A.pdf
  
  
• The answer key to Problem Set 3 is available from the web at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-3-A/PS-3-A.html
  the corresponding Mathematica 3.0 notebook can be found at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-3-A/PS-3-A.nb
  the corresponding PDF can be found at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-3-A/PS-3-A.pdf
  
  
• The answer key to Problem Set 4 is available from the web at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-4-A/PS-4-A.html
  the corresponding Mathematica 3.0 notebook can be found at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-4-A/PS-4-A.nb
  the corresponding PDF can be found at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-4-A/PS-4-A.pdf
  
  
• Our review session is now officially scheduled on October 12/99 from 5 to 7
  p.m. in 107 GPB. GPB is the Genetics and Plant Biology Building, which is on
  the northwest corner of campus, near Tolman Hall.
  
  
• My section notes are available from Copy Central North Side for $4.20.

Week of Mon. Nov. 22

• The answer key to Problem Set 1 is available from the web at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-5-A/PS-5-A.html
  the corresponding Mathematica 3.0 notebook can be found at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-5-A/PS-5-A.nb
  the corresponding PDF can be found at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-5-A/PS-5-A.pdf
  
  
• The answer key to Problem Set 2 is available from the web at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-6-A/PS-6-A.html
  the corresponding Mathematica 3.0 notebook can be found at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-6-A/PS-6-A.nb
  the corresponding PDF can be found at:
  http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/stijns/PS-6-A/PS-6-A.pdf
  
  
• Lutfi Latif, one of our students, has been kind enough to provide us with some animated graphic of how to derive the IS curve using the Keynesian cross. It looks great and is very didactic.
  
  
• Our review session is scheduled for Tu 12/07, 5-7 p.m. in 70 Evans
  
  
• My section notes will be available from Copy Central North Side very soon.

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Jean-Philippe Stijns
Doctoral Student in Economics
Teaching Assistant in Macroeconomic Theory
University of California at Berkeley
Department of Economics
508-7 Evans Hall  Berkeley, CA 94720
email: stijns@econ.berkeley.edu
resume: http://www.well.com/user/jeanphi/resume.html
phone: (510)642-5952