Lavinia PARISI | MICROECONOMICS
Lavinia PARISI MICROECONOMICS
cod. 0212800005
MICROECONOMICS
| 0212800005 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS | |
| EQF6 | |
| STATISTICS FOR BIG DATA | |
| 2024/2025 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018 | |
| SPRING SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECS-P/01 | 10 | 60 | LESSONS |
| Exam | Date | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARISI | 17/12/2024 - 14:30 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| PARISI | 17/12/2024 - 14:30 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO |
| 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, ELASTICIT (5H. THEORY + 3H. EXER). CONSUMER THEORY: PREFERENCES, UTILITY (4H. THEORY + 2H. EXER), CHOICE (4H. THEORY + 2H. EXER); DEMAND THEORY (4H. THEORY + 2H. EXER); APPLICATION IN COMPETITIVE MARKET (3H. THEORY + 1H. EXER) . MODULO II (30HOURS) : THEORY OF THE FIRM:TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTION (2H); COST'S MINIMIZATION (4H+2EX.); COSTS (4H); COMPETITIVE MARKETS (4H+2EX.); MONOPOLY (4H+2EX.); GAME THEORY AND STRATEGIC BEHAVIOUR (2H); OLIGOPOLY (2H) AND MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION (2H). |
| 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 WRITTEN TEST IS COMPULSORY, WHILIST THE ORAL IS NOT, BUT ONLY FOR STUDENTS WITH A SCORE BETWEEN 22 AND 28. 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 A HALF: WITH TWO EXERCISES EACH OF THEM COMPOSED BY 4 QUESTIONS AND PLUS FOUR QUESTIONS TRUE/FALSE) 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: CHAP. 1 (ALL); CHAP. 2 (ALL); CHAP. 3 (ALL); CHAP. 4 (NOT § 4.3 E 4. 4) CHAP. 5 (NOT § 5.2.4; 5.5; 5.6 E 5.7); CHAP. 10 (NOT § 10.8 E 10.9); CHAP. 6 (NOT § 6.6); CHAP. 7 (NOT §7.4.4); CHAP. 8 (ALL) CHAP. 9 (ALL); CHAP. 11 (NOT § 11.4; 11.7 E 11.8); CHAP. 13 (NOT § 13.1.6; 13.2; 13.3 E 13.4); CHAP. 14 (NOT § 14. 3 E 14.4). |
| More Information | |
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| ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ON PROFESSOR WEB PAGE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEND AN E-MAIL TO: LAPARISI@UNISA.IT OR DURING THE OFFICE HOURS. |
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