Última actualización: 19/12/2017

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Curso Académico: 2018/2019

Microeconomía I
(12268)
Master in Economics (Plan: 318 - Estudio: 295)
Escuela de Economía y Ciencia Política


Coordinador/a: CELENTANI , MARCO

Departamento asignado a la asignatura: Departamento de Economía

Tipo: Obligatoria
Créditos: 6.0 ECTS

Curso: 1º
Cuatrimestre: 1º



Requisitos (Asignaturas o materias cuyo conocimiento se presupone)
Basic calculus.
Objetivos
- Teaches students the standards of precision and rigor in economic analysis and professional communication. - Emphasizes autonomous and group learning. - Familiarizes students with a set of tools appropriate for economic analysis. - Teaches students a methodology to solve the most common decision problems economic agents' face, and explains the basics of competitive markets and general equilibrium theory, as well as the concepts of efficiency and welfare.
Descripción de contenidos: Programa
1. The basics of supply and demand 2. Preferences and utility; budget constraints; consumer choice 3. Individual demand; income and Substitution effects; aggregate demand 4. Household production and consumption: labor supply 5. Production function; cost minimization 6. Profit maximization; supply function 7. Equilibrium in a competitive economy: exchange, production, efficiency and welfare 8. Applications.
Actividades formativas, metodología a utilizar y régimen de tutorías
-Lectures in which the basic material is presented and discussed. Basic textbook references are provided with to complete and deepen students understanding. - Discussion of the solution to practical exercises to provide students with feedback on their level of understanding and difficulties.
Sistema de evaluación
  • Peso porcentual del Examen Final 60
  • Peso porcentual del resto de la evaluación 40

Bibliografía básica
  • Austan Goolsbee, Steven Levitt, Chad Syverson. Microeconomics. Worth Publishers. 2013
Recursos electrónicosRecursos Electrónicos *
Bibliografía complementaria
  • R. Serrano, A. Feldman. A short course in intermediate microeconomics with calculus. Cambridge UP. 2013
  • T. Van Zandt. Firms, prices and markets. http://faculty.insead.edu/vanzandt/teaching/FPM-Aug2012.pdf.. 2013
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