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CODE 41126
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SECS-P/01
LANGUAGE Italiano
TEACHING LOCATION
SEMESTER 1° Semester
SECTIONING Questo insegnamento è diviso nelle seguenti frazioni:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • PREREQUISITES
    Propedeuticità in uscita
    Questo insegnamento è propedeutico per gli insegnamenti:
    • Business Administration 8697 (coorte 2015/2016)
    • MACROECONOMICS 55648
    • Business Administration 8697 (coorte 2015/2016)
    • ECONOMIC POLICY 64452
    • Business Administration 8697 (coorte 2015/2016)
    • PUBLIC FINANCE - ECONOMICS OF TAXATION 64836
    • Business Administration 8697 (coorte 2014/2015)
    • MACROECONOMICS 55648
    • Business Administration 8697 (coorte 2014/2015)
    • PUBLIC FINANCE 64836
    • Business Administration 8697 (coorte 2014/2015)
    • ECONOMIC POLICY 64452
    • Business Administration 8697 (coorte 2016/2017)
    • ECONOMIC POLICY 64452
    • Business Administration 8697 (coorte 2016/2017)
    • MACROECONOMICS 55648
    • Maritime, Logistics and Transport Economics and Business 8698 (coorte 2016/2017)
    • TRANSPORT ECONOMICS 63739
    • Maritime, Logistics and Transport Economics and Business 8698 (coorte 2014/2015)
    • TRANSPORT ECONOMICS 63739
    • Maritime, Logistics and Transport Economics and Business 8698 (coorte 2015/2016)
    • TRANSPORT ECONOMICS 63739
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2014/2015)
    • ECONOMETRICS 24615
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2014/2015)
    • ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS 64799
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2014/2015)
    • MARKET FORMS, PRICES, AND WAGES 64797
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2014/2015)
    • HEALTH ECONOMICS & POLICY 60069
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2014/2015)
    • EU AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 63744
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2014/2015)
    • PUBLIC FINANCE 60078
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2014/2015)
    • ECONOMIC POLICY 60066
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2016/2017)
    • ECONOMETRICS 24615
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2016/2017)
    • ECONOMIC POLICY 60066
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2016/2017)
    • HEALTH ECONOMICS & POLICY 60069
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2016/2017)
    • PUBLIC FINANCE 60078
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2016/2017)
    • EU AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 63744
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2016/2017)
    • ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS 64799
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2016/2017)
    • MARKET FORMS, PRICES, AND WAGES 64797
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2015/2016)
    • ECONOMETRICS 24615
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2015/2016)
    • HEALTH ECONOMICS & POLICY 60069
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2015/2016)
    • PUBLIC FINANCE 60078
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2015/2016)
    • ECONOMIC POLICY 60066
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2015/2016)
    • ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS 64799
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2015/2016)
    • EU AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 63744
    • Economics 8699 (coorte 2015/2016)
    • MARKET FORMS, PRICES, AND WAGES 64797
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    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

    LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

    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

     

    TEACHING METHODS

    Lectures

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    "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
    "

     

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    See aulaweb http://www.aulaweb.unige.it/ and contact the teacher

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    ANGELA TESTI (President)

    LUCA BELTRAMETTI

    ANNA BOTTASSO

    SERENA SCOTTO

    LUCA BELTRAMETTI (President)

    ANNA BOTTASSO

    SERENA SCOTTO

    ANGELA TESTI

    SERENA SCOTTO (President)

    LUCA BELTRAMETTI

    ANNA BOTTASSO

    ANGELA TESTI

    ANNA BOTTASSO (President)

    LUCA BELTRAMETTI

    SERENA SCOTTO

    ANGELA TESTI

    LESSONS

    EXAMS

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    Assessment

    Written exam

    Exam schedule

    Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
    21/06/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto
    21/06/2017 14:00 GENOVA Scritto
    20/07/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto
    12/09/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto
    06/06/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto
    27/06/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto
    12/09/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto
    21/06/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto
    12/07/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto
    12/09/2017 11:00 GENOVA Scritto
    09/06/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto
    14/07/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto
    12/09/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto

    FURTHER INFORMATION

    Attendance is recommended. Registration in the Unige learning platform Aulaweb is  recommended