MPE_ACMI Seminar in microeconomics

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
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. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MPE_ACMI/01: Wed 16:20–17:55 S309, O. Krčál
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(! MPE_CMIE Seminar in Microeconomics ) && (!NOWANY( MPE_CMIE Seminar in Microeconomics ))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course Seminar in microeconomics supplements the course Microeconomics 2. The main goal of the course is to enable students a better understanding and application of the knowledge of microeconomic theory. Students will be able to apply microeconomic theory to particular simplified examples. Altogether, students will develop their economic thinking and subsequently will be able to use microeconomic theory for explanation of specific microeconomic events and solving of specific microeconomic problems.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory seminar
  • 2. Budget Constraint, Preferences and Utility
  • 3. Choice and Revealed Preferences
  • 4. Demand and Slutsky Equation
  • 5. Consumer's Surplus and Market Demand
  • 6. Uncertainty and Equilibrium
  • 7. Test + Technology and Profit Maximization
  • 8. Cost Minimization and Cost Curves
  • 9. Firm Supply and Industry Supply
  • 10. Monopoly and Monopoly Behaviour
  • 11. Oligopoly
  • 12. Game Theory and Asymmetric Information
  • 13. Test + Exchange and Production
Literature
    required literature
  • BERGSTROM, Theodore C. and Hal R. VARIAN. Workouts in intermediate microeconomics. 6th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2003, 530, 34. ISBN 0393978311. info
  • VARIAN, Hal R. Intermediate microeconomics : a modern approach. 8. ed. New York: Norton, 2010, xxiv, 739. ISBN 9780393934243. info
Teaching methods
Seminars are related to the course Microeconomics 2. In the seminars, students solve examples, elaborate case studies a make class experiments.
Assessment methods
Necessary to get 60 points out of the total amount of 108 points. Students can get 60 points for two tests and 48 points for the presence and solving problems in the seminars.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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