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09446 - Microeconomics

Academic Year 2010/2011

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8048)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student masters the basic knowledge of microeconomic theory and he/she is able to participate with sufficient precision and critical view to the economic/politcal debate. In particular, the student: knows the theory of decisions under certainty, uncertainty and strategic interaction; understands with sufficient precision the working of the markets and is able to give an evaluation in terms of their efficiency; understands the problem of market failures and the possible solutions; understands the problem of social choice.

Course contents

The detailed syllabus will be available on the web page at the beginning of the corse.

 

  1. Rational choice and institutions (chap. 1 ) 
  2. Rational choice under certainty: consumer (chap. 2 )
  3. Rational choice under certainty: firm (chap. 4) 
  4. Rational choice under risk/uncertainty (chap. 3) 
  5. Rational choice under strategic interaction (chap. 7  and lecture notes) 
  6. Monopoly (chap. 6) 
  7. Oligopoly (chap. 7) 
  8. Perfect competition (chap. 5) 
  9. Externalities, public goods and asymmetric information (chap. 8) 
  10. Social choice (chap. 9)

Readings/Bibliography

Italo Lavanda e Giorgio Rampa, Microeconomia. Scelte individuali e benessere sociale, Carocci Editore, Nuova Edizione, 2004.

Further readings will be announced.

Teaching methods

Each argument will be followed by the study of particularly relevant cases. A tutor shall meet the students each week.

Assessment methods

  • Three written partial exams, each focusing on specific parts of the course, and a written final exam, on the whole program. 
  • The final score is a weighted average of the scores of the three partial exams and of the final exam (the weight of the latter is 70% ).
  • If the average score of the three partial exams is not smaller than 18, in the final exam the student must answer to 4 questions. Otherwise the student must answer to 6 questions. In any case, the final exam lasts 2 hours.

Teaching tools

A web page.

Office hours

See the website of Giorgio Giovanni Negroni