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Teaching

Math Camp 2026 at WashU

Prof. Juan Dodyk

  1. Basic Algebra · Problem set
  2. Sets and Functions · Problem set
  3. Limits · Problem set
  4. Derivatives · Problem set
  5. Integrals · Problem set
  6. Vectors and Matrices · Problem set
  7. Square Matrices · Problem set
  8. Derivatives and Integrals in Rⁿ · Problem set
  9. Probability · Problem set
  10. Expectation and Variance · Problem set

The book Mathematics for Social Scientists by Jonathan Kropko covers the topics we will see. Read it here.

Gov 2006: Formal Theory II

Prof. Peter Buisseret

I was a teaching assistant for this course in Spring 2021 and Spring 2022. These are the slides I prepared for my sections:

  1. Refinements of PBE
  2. The Principal–Agent Model
  3. Cheap Talk
  4. Global Games
  5. Electoral Competition
  6. Valence Advantage
  7. Repeated Elections with Two Parties
  8. Accountability, Selection, and Pandering
  9. Legislative Bargaining
  10. Lobbying
  11. Monotone Comparative Statics and Economic Policy
  12. Correction to Acemoglu–Robinson, QJE (2000)
  13. Real Authority and Expertise