14.03 | Fall 2025 | Undergraduate, Graduate

Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy

Course Description

14.03/003 is a fast-paced, interactive introduction to modern applied economics as it is lived, breathed, and practiced by academic researchers and policy analysts. You will master core tools of applied theory while learning how to frame and test causal relationships using research design, experimentation, and data …
14.03/003 is a fast-paced, interactive introduction to modern applied economics as it is lived, breathed, and practiced by academic researchers and policy analysts. You will master core tools of applied theory while learning how to frame and test causal relationships using research design, experimentation, and data analysis. In class and in the problem sets, you will read and we will discuss classic and contemporary research studies that put these pieces together.
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Readings
A woman in an olive green top is browsing a stack of dark wash denim jeans on a wooden shelf.
A consumer makes purchasing decisions while shopping for jeans, illustrating key principles of consumer choice theory. Consumer theory is covered in Part II of the course. (Image by Anna Tarazevich on Pexels.)