Microeconomics Degrees in ADE y FYCO Academic Course 2013/2014
Personal Data Lecturer: Francisca Jiménez Jiménez Department: Economía Faculty: Social Sciences and Law Office hours: Monday: 10:30-12:30; 15:30-17:30 Thursday, 11:30-13:30 Building: D3 Office: 267 (second floor) E-mail: jimenezf@ujaen.es
Objetives This course analyzes the following three topics: i) the consumer’s theory and its applications, ii) the theory of the firm: production, the cost of production and the profit maximization problem in the short and long run and, iii) industrial organization and factors markets. In this last topic, we study imperfectly competitive markets such as monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition.
Course Outline PART I: Theory of Consumer Behavior Lesson 1. Consumer Behavior Lesson 2. Individual and Market Demand PART II: Theory of the Firm Lesson 3. Production Lesson 4. Costs PART III: Markets Lesson 5. Monopoly Lesson 6. Price Discrimination Lesson 7. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly Lesson 8. Labor Market
Basic Textbook PINDYCK, R.S. and RUBINFELD, D. L. Microeconomics. Prentice Hall: Seventh edition, 2009.
Teaching Methodology Tutorial support sessions, materials and exams in English Platform ILLIAS: Password: microADE
Assessment Methodology Attendance (15%): active participation Activities (15%): tests Written exam in English (70%)
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