Type of Credit: Elective
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This is a one-semester intermediate microeconomics course. I will expose you the theories of consumer choice, uncertainty and strategy, production and supply, general equilibrium, imperfectly competitive markets. Asymetric information models will also be introduced.
能力項目說明
The aim of this course is to equip you with the tools and knowledge you need for the syudy of advanced topics in microeconomics.
Week 1, Supply and Demand
Week 2, Consumer Choice
Week 3, Applying Consumer Theory
Week 4, Firms, Production and Costs
Week 5, Competitive Firms and Markets
Week 6, General Equilibrium and Economic Welfare
Week 7, Monopoly
Week 8, IN-CLASS MIDTERM EXAM
Week 9, Pricing and Advertising
Week 10, Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition
Week 11, Factor Market
Week 12, Uncertainty
Week 13, Externality and Public Goods
Week 14, Asymmetric Information
Week 15 Contracts and Moral Hazards
Week 16 IN-CLASS FINAL EXAM
Your grade will be based on a series of problem sets, (account for 30% of the course grade),
a midterm exam (35%) and a final exam (35%). {No late homework will be accepted, nor will there be any make-up exams.}
Jeffrey M. Perloff. Microeconomics. 8th edition. Pearson Education Limited 2018.