David Popp

Professor, Department of Public Administration and International Affairs

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    • PAI 723: Economics for Public Decisions
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    • PAI 776: Economics of Science & Technology
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    • PAI 777: Economics of Environmental Policy
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    • PAI 804: Quantitative Methods II
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    • PAI 897: Fundamentals of Policy Analysis
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PAI 897 Lectures

Fall 2025


    As the semester progresses, a link to each lecture will be added to this page. The link will include a summary of the main points from that day’s lecture.

Introduction: Microeconomics and Markets

Lecture #1 — 8/25/2025 — Introduction


How Markets Work: Supply and Demand

Lecture #2 — 8/27/2025 — Introduction to Supply and Demand
Lecture #3 — 9/3/2025 — Supply and Demand Experiment

Supply and Demand Experiment results

Supply and Demand Experiment example from 12:45 section


Applications of Supply and Demand

Lecture #4 — 9/8/2025 — More on Supply and Demand
Lecture #5 — 9/10/2025 — Applications of Supply and Demand
Lecture #6 — 9/15/2025 — Elasticity/Taxes
Lecture #7 — 9/17/2025 — Taxes


Consumer Theory – Preferences and Budgets

Lecture #8 — 9/22/2025 — Consumer Behavior: An Introduction to the Concept of Utility
Lecture #9 — 9/24/2025 — Consumer Behavior: Maximizing Utility
Lecture #10 — 9/29/2025 — Applications of Consumer Theory
Lecture #11 — 10/1/2025 — Case #1: Rice Imports in Pacifica


Producer Theory – Production, Costs, and the Derivation of the Supply Curve

Lecture #12 — 10/6/2025 — Production
10/8/2025 — Quiz #1
Lecture #13 — 10/15/2025 — Costs of Production
Lecture #14 — 10/20/2025 — Profit Maximization

Profit maximization spreadsheet from class

Lecture #15 — 10/22/2025 — Long Run Equilibrium

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