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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,

• ligopoly

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%)