ESF:MPE_CMIE Seminar in Microeconomics - Course Information

MPE_CMIE Seminar in Microeconomics

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jakub Bechný, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Jan Čapek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Ondřej Krčál, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mgr. Vlastimil Reichel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Slanicay, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Rostislav Staněk, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Michal Kvasnička, 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_CMIE/T01: Fri 22. 9. to Fri 22. 12. Fri 8:00–9:35 116, V. Reichel, Nepřihlašuje se. Určeno pro studenty se zdravotním postižením.
MPE_CMIE/01: Tue 12:50–14:30 P304, O. Krčál
MPE_CMIE/02: Wed 12:50–14:30 S301, J. Bechný
MPE_CMIE/05: Thu 12:50–14:30 P403, R. Staněk
MPE_CMIE/06: Mon 12:50–14:30 S310, J. Čapek
MPE_CMIE/07: Wed 9:20–11:00 S310, J. Čapek
MPE_CMIE/09: Thu 11:05–12:45 S311, R. Staněk
MPE_CMIE/10: Wed 14:35–16:15 P201, J. Bechný
MPE_CMIE/11: Mon 14:35–16:15 S310, J. Čapek
MPE_CMIE/12: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Staněk
MPE_CMIE/13: Wed 11:05–12:45 P304, J. Čapek

Prerequisites (in Czech)

(! MPE_ACMI Seminar in microeconomics ) && (!NOWANY( MPE_ACMI 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

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Course objectives

The course Microeconomics Tutorial 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
• VARIAN, Hal R. Mikroekonomie. Moderní přístup :z angl. Translated by L. Grega. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 645 s. : i. ISBN 80-85605-25-4. info

recommended literature
• VARIAN, Hal R. Intermediate microeconomics : a modern approach. 8. ed. New York: Norton, 2010, xxiv, 739. ISBN 9780393934243. 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

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

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• MPE_ACMI Seminar in microeconomics
  (!MPE_CMIE) && (!NOWANY(MPE_CMIE))  

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