MICROECONOMICS

Fernanda MAZZOTTA MICROECONOMICS

0212800005
DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE E STATISTICHE
EQF6
STATISTICA PER I BIG DATA
2018/2019

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1060LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMIC THEORY ANALYSING THE BEHAVIOR OF CONSUMERS FIRMS, PUBLIC SECTOR AND PROVIDING THE TOOLS TO STUDY THE ACTUAL MARKET FUNCTIONING.STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SOLVE MICROECONOMIC PROBLEMS AND APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO DECISION AND POLITICAL ECONOMY PROBLEMS BOTH IN THE PRIVATE AND IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND ALGEBRA: CARTESIAN COORDINATES, LINEAR FUNCTIONS WITH ONE OR MORE VARIABLES, INTERCEPTS AND ANGULAR COEFFICIENT, DERIVATIVES, MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM
Contents
MODULO I (30H): INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS. DEMAND, SUPPLY AND THE ROLE OF PRICE, ELASTICITY. CONSUMER THEORY: PREFERENCES, UTILITY, CHOICE.
MODULO II(30H) : THEORY OF THE FIRM:TECHNOLOGY,PRODUCTION AND COSTS. COMPETITIVE MARKETS. MONOPOLY. GAME THEORY AND STRATEGIC BEHAVIOUR. OLIGOPOLY AND MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
Teaching Methods
LECTURES, EXERCISES
Verification of learning
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE IS CERTIFICATED THROUGH A SUCCESSFUL EXAM, MADE OF A (WRITTEN) TEST AND AN ORAL TEST. THE MARKS OF BOTH OF THEM ARE ON A SCALE OF 30, WITH A MINIMUM OF 18. THE FINAL MARK IS THE AVERAGE OF THE MARKS IN EACH TEST. THE WRITTEN TEST (LAST 1 HOUR AND HALF) PRECEDES TO THE ORAL ONE. THE ORAL TEST LASTS ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND IS BASED ON QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION ON THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENTS OF THE COURSE PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TEST IS TO ASCERTAIN THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, AS WELL AS TO TEST THE UNDERSTANDING USING THE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY AND THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE THE DISCUSSION ON THE THEORETICAL SUBJECTS.
Texts
D.A.BESANKO - R.R BRAEUTIGAM, MICROECONOMIA, MCGRAW-HILL,MILANO,2016: (SONO ESCLUSI I CAPITOLI 12, 15, 16, 17 E 18, NONCHÉ I PARAGRAFI 4.4, 5.2.4, 5.3.2, 5.7, 6.4.2, 6.6, 7.4.4, 9.4.5, 10.8, 10.9, 11.4, 11.7,
11.8, 13.1.6; 13.2; 13.3 E 13.4, 14.3 E 14.4.2).
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