1. Scarcity and economics; The coordination of individual choices. The evolution of economic thought. The economic models. 2. The theory of consumer behavior. Price-consumption curve and income-consumption curve; individual demand and market demand. Elasticity and expenditure; introduction to behavioral economics. 3. Basic theory of the firm. Production and costs (long-run and short-run). Perfect competition: the individual and the market supply curve. The proft-maximisation hypothesis. The firm and the industry in the long run. 4 Factor demand and supply. Intertemporal choices and uncertainty choices. 5. Market power: monopoly, natural monopoly, product differentiation and monopolistic competition; price discrimination, Duopoly (Cournot, Bertrand, Stackelberg). Collusion and prisoner dilemma; sequential games. Management theories. Oligopoly. 7. General equilibrium and welfare 8. Asymmetric information (adverse selection and moral hazard), externalities, public goods
Course description
1. Scarcity and economics; The coordination of individual choices. The evolution of economic thought. The economic models.
2. The theory of consumer behavior. Price-consumption curve and income-consumption curve; individual demand and market demand. Elasticity and expenditure; introduction to behavioral economics.
3. Basic theory of the firm. Production and costs (long-run and short-run). Perfect competition: the individual and the market supply curve. The proft-maximisation hypothesis. The firm and the industry in the long run.
4 Factor demand and supply. Intertemporal choices and uncertainty choices.
5. Market power: monopoly, natural monopoly, product differentiation and monopolistic competition; price discrimination, Duopoly (Cournot, Bertrand, Stackelberg). Collusion and prisoner dilemma; sequential games. Management theories. Oligopoly.
7. General equilibrium and welfare
8. Asymmetric information (adverse selection and moral hazard), externalities, public goods
Lectures
"1. Scarcity and economics; The coordination of individual choices. The evolution of economic thought. The economic models. 2. The theory of consumer behavior. Price-consumption curve and income-consumption curve; individual demand and market demand. Elasticity and expenditure; introduction to behavioral economics. 3. Basic theory of the firm. Production and costs (long-run and short-run). Perfect competition: the individual and the market supply curve. The proft-maximisation hypothesis. The firm and the industry in the long run. 4 Factor demand and supply. Intertemporal choices and uncertainty choices. 5. Market power: monopoly, natural monopoly, product differentiation and monopolistic competition; price discrimination, Duopoly (Cournot, Bertrand, Stackelberg). Collusion and prisoner dilemma; sequential games. Management theories. Oligopoly. 7. General equilibrium and welfare 8. Asymmetric information (adverse selection and moral hazard), externalities, public goods "
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Ricevimento: http://www.economia.unige.it/index.php/il-dipartimento/personale/docenti-ad-economia/173-angela-testi
Ricevimento: http://www.economia.unige.it/index.php/il-dipartimento/personale/docenti-ad-economia/11-luca-beltrametti
Ricevimento: Professore ordinario Curriculum vitae Dipartimento di Economia - II livello - studio 1002 Telefono: (+39) 010209 - 5700 E-mail: anna.bottasso@economia.unige.it Orario ricevimento:: Mercoledì: ore 14.00 - 16.00 http://www.economia.unige.it/index.php/il-dipartimento/personale/docenti-ad-economia/77-anna-bottasso
Ricevimento: http://www.economia.unige.it/index.php/il-dipartimento/personale/docenti-ad-economia/170-serena-scotto
ANGELA TESTI (President)
LUCA BELTRAMETTI
ANNA BOTTASSO
SERENA SCOTTO
LUCA BELTRAMETTI (President)
ANGELA TESTI
SERENA SCOTTO (President)
ANNA BOTTASSO (President)
MICROECONOMICS A
MICROECONOMICS B
MICROECONOMICS C
MICROECONOMICS D
Assessment
Written exam
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