MPE_AMI2 Microeconomics 2

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Ondřej Krčál, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Ondřej Krčál, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Ondřej Krčál, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Nesvadbová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:35 P102
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(! PEMIK2 Microeconomics II ) && (! KEMIK2 Microeconomics II ) && (! MPE_MIE2 Microeconomics 2 ) && (! MKE_MIE2 Microeconomics 2 )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course (MPE_AMI2) students acquire intermediate knowledge of microeconomic theory. Students will learn the economic theory of the consumer, firm and general equilibirium. The intermediate course of microeconomics provides students with the knowledge necessary for further studies of microeconomics on the doctoral level.
Syllabus
  • 1/ Budget Constraint, Preferences and Utility
  • 2/ Choice and Revealed Preferences
  • 3/ Demand and Slutsky Equation
  • 4/ Consumer's Surplus and Market Demand
  • 5/ Uncertainty and Equilibrium
  • 6/ Technology and Profit Maximization
  • 7/ Cost Minimization and Cost Curves
  • 8/ Firm Supply and Industry Supply
  • 9/ Monopoly and Monopoly Behaviour
  • 10/ Oligopoly
  • 11/ Game Theory and Asymmetric Information
  • 12/ Exchange and Production
  • 13/ Problems and Applications
Literature
    required literature
  • VARIAN, Hal R. Intermediate microeconomics : a modern approach. 7th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2006, xxiv, 715. ISBN 0393927024. info
  • BERGSTROM, Theodore C. and Hal R. VARIAN. Workouts in intermediate microeconomics. 8th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2009, 562, 38. ISBN 9780393935158. info
Teaching methods
lectures, application, class discussion
Assessment methods
Final exam: written test. Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam (credit test) by awarding grade "F" in the Information System, and the Dean will initiate disciplinary proceedings that may result in study termination.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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