Currículo

Microeconomics MI-DHES

Contextos

ECTS

10.0 (para cálculo da média)

Objectivos

• To further the knowledge of core topics of microeconomic theory at a graduate level. • To provide the methodologies and techniques necessary for analysis and research in microeconomics. • To provide the appropriate tools for further education at the PhD level.

Programa

1. Firms: Chapter 1 unto 5 a. Technology b. Profit maximization c. Profit function d. Cost minimization e. Cost function 2. Consumers: Chapter 7 unto 10 a. Utility maximization b. Choice c. Demand d. Consumers’ surplus 3. Markets: Chapter 13 unto 16 a. Competitive markets b. Monopoly c. Game theory d. Oligopoly 4. Welfare: Chapter 22 unto 24 a. Welfare b. Public goods c. Externalities

Método de Avaliação

Assessment consists 100% of a final exam. Students will be given various homework exercises and mock exam exercises as to prepare for the final exam. Students will deliver a report on the course to the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral Program in Economic and Social History.

Carga Horária

Bibliografia

Principal

• Microeconomic Analysis, 3rd edition, Norton, International Edition: Hal Varian 1992

Secundária

• Mostly harmless econometrics: An empiricist's companion, Princeton university press: Angrist, Joshua D., and Jorn-Steffen Pischke 2009
• Advanced Microeconomic Theory, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall: Geoffrey A. Jehle and Philip J. Reny 2011

Disciplinas de Execução