Maria Jose Rodriguez
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ECON 1101 Recitation Spring 2013
Instructor: Kelvin Wong Sections 03, 20, 22

Discussion Sections
Section 003, Blegen Hall 245, W 10:10 A.M  - 11:00 P.M 
Section 020, Blegen Hall 245, W 11:15 A.M. - 12:05 P.M 
Section 022, Blegen Hall 255, W 12:20 P.M. -1:10 P.M  
Office Hours (OH)
       Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:05-12:05 
        in Hanson Hall 3-129 
You can contact me by email: rodri529@umn.edu (I will try to respond within 24 hours). Please include in the subject "ECON1101". 
Course Syllabus: http://www.econ.umn.edu/econ1101/econ1101_spring2013_syllabus.html
Moodle Webpage: https://moodle2.umn.edu/course/view.php?id=11023


Week 13 (April 15 - April 19)
  • We will cover intellectual property protection worksheet https://moodle2.umn.edu/mod/url/view.php?id=1070243

    Information about Aplia and Homework 
  • Homework assignments must be turned in using APLIA, a web-based economics teaching package. 
  • The access code can be purchased with the hard copy at the school bookstore or separately via: http://cengagebrain.com
  • How to register in Aplia: http://www.econ.umn.edu/econ1101/econ1101_spring2013_aplia_instructions.html

Math refresher 
(by Simone Civale) https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_bbidhuQCMNU1RpWkVOT3k4aEk/edit 

Previous Weeks
  • Week 1: Aplia and how do scatter plots in Excel.
  • Week 2: Two-Sided Auctions and Shifting S and D curves
  • Week 3: Elasticity
  • Week 4: Taxes and Subsidies
  • Week 5: Price Controls and Supply Management and assign groups for 1st debate
  • Week 6: Externalities (worksheet in moodle)
  • Week 7: Debates on CO2 emissions
  • Week 8: International trade (country that exports and quotas) and production possibility frontier
  • Week 9: Spring Break
  • Week 10: Worksheet on Consumer Theory
  • Week 11: Supply Worksheet
  • Week 12: Monopoly Worksheet and assigning groups for the debate
  • Week 13: Debate
  • The topic that will be discussed is the Music Industry and groups assignments are:
    1. group 1: artists
    2. group 2: consumers
    3. group 3: producers
    4. group 4: government 
    • Each group should propose a policy regarding intellectual property protection from the point of view of the agent in your group (example group 1 from the point of view of the artists).
    • The dynamics of the debate will be: 1st round each group have 5 minutes to explain their policy. 2nd round we will do critiques and defense for each group (every one is allow to ask something or criticize other group). Finally we will vote for our most preferred policy.
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