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).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Jan Čapek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Renata Kosíková, MSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Ondřej Krčál, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Josef Menšík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Bc. Ondřej Uldrijan (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_CMIE/01: Tue 8:00–9:50 S313, except Tue 17. 9., except Tue 5. 11., J. Menšík
MPE_CMIE/02: Thu 8:00–9:50 P103, except Thu 19. 9., except Thu 7. 11., J. Čapek
MPE_CMIE/03: Wed 8:00–9:50 P201, except Wed 18. 9., except Wed 6. 11., R. Kosíková
MPE_CMIE/04: Wed 14:00–15:50 P104, except Wed 18. 9., except Wed 6. 11., O. Uldrijan
MPE_CMIE/05: Mon 14:00–15:50 P302a, except Mon 16. 9., except Mon 4. 11., R. Kosíková
MPE_CMIE/06: Tue 16:00–17:50 S301, except Tue 17. 9., except Tue 5. 11., J. Menšík
MPE_CMIE/07: Wed 8:00–9:50 S308, except Wed 18. 9., except Wed 6. 11., O. Uldrijan
MPE_CMIE/08: Mon 14:00–15:50 S310, except Mon 16. 9., except Mon 4. 11., O. Krčál
MPE_CMIE/09: Wed 10:00–11:50 S313, except Wed 18. 9., except Wed 6. 11., R. Kosíková

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 Seminar in microeconomics supplements the course Microeconomics 2. The main goal of the course is to deepen students' knowledge of microeconomic theory and improve their ability to apply the theory in practice.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course the students will be able to:
- derive theoretical concepts from consumer theory, theory of the firm, general equlibrium and theory of asymmetric information;
- apply microeconomic theory to stylized problems;
- analyze real consumer decisions, competitive behavior and market outcomes.

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. Test + Game Theory and Asymmetric Information

Literature

required literature
• VARIAN, Hal R. Mikroekonomie : moderní přístup. Translated by Libor Grega. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, xx, 643. ISBN 8085865254. info
• VARIAN, Hal. Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach. New York. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019. 9th ed. ISBN 978-0-393-68986-0. info

recommended literature
• 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

two written tests + work in the seminars It is possible to take the course while studying abroad on an exchange program (e.g. Erasmus). After returning from the stay, you may write tests and we may check the materials you prepared for the seminars. You can find details about the possibility of taking the subject in case of going abroad in the interactive syllabus.

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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