Syllabus---Microeconomics
International Trade and Finance ,Fu Jen Catholic Univ.
2008-2009 九十七年度 上學期
Objectives: 1. How to model a consumer’s choice problem and learn that what are characteristics of a rational consumer behavior?
2. Special topics in consumer theory. This section will include topics about “Labor Supply of the Household”, “Intertemporal
Choice”, “The Theory of Revealed Preferrence”
3. Cost minimization of a competitive firm.
4. Market structures and a firm’s profit maximization behavior.
Especially, we will focus on duopoly game in Oligopoly market Structure.
Prerequisites: A little sense of Economics.
Course Material: Intermediate Microeconomics—A Modern Approach Hal R. Varian
Topic:
1. (9/16)Course outline and Syllabus 2. (9/23)Budget Constrain of a consumer.
3. (9/30)Preferences
4. (10/7) Utility & The optimal choice of a consumer.
5. (10/14)Comparative statics analysis of consumer’s behavior—I 6. (10/21) Comparative statics analysis of consumer’s behavior—II 7. (10/28)The Revealed Preference Theory---I
8. (11/4) The Revealed Preference Theory---II 9. (11/11) Mid-term exam.
10.(11/18)Labor Supply of the Household.
11.(11/25)Intertemporal Choice Problem and some Welfare Indices---I 12.(12/2) Intertemporal Choice Problem and some Welfare Indices---II 13.(12/9)Cost minimization of a competitive firm.
14.(12/16)Monopoly Firm and Price Discrimination.
15.(12/23)Oligopoly –Cournot’s Model 16.(12/30)Oligopoly—Stackelberg Model
17.(1/6)Oligopoly—Collusion Model 18.(1/13)Final exam.
Evaluation:
1. Mid-term 30%
2. Final exam. 40%
3. Quizs 30%
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