Advanced Microeconomics
Mikroökonomie B für Fortgeschrittene
Winter 2010/11
Lecturer:
Registration:
i3v registration open until Sunday, October 17, 2010.
Please, make sure to register for both the lecture and the exercises units.
ECTS points: 12 ECTS credit points (6 hours) in the Economics Master (plan B)
Content:
- Introduction - ex1
- Consumer theory - ex2
- Duality - ex3
- Production - ex4
- Costs - ex5
- Supply - ex6
- Equilibrium in competitive markets - ex7
- Monopoly - ex8
- Oligopoly - ex9
- Externalities and public goods - ex10
- Asymmetric information - ex11
Exams:
- Midterm WS2010
- Final WS2010 - Go here for the results.
Textbooks:
- Robert Frank, Microeconomics and Behavior, McGraw Hill, 8th edition, 2010. A very good introductory book to refresh your bachelor microeconomics.
- Hugh Gravelle and Ray Rees, Microeconomics, FT Prentice Hall, 3rd. Edition, 2004.
- Geoffrey A. Jehle and Philip J. Reny, Advanced Microeconomic Theory, Addison Wesley, 2nd. edition, 2001.
- David M. Kreps, A course in Microeconomic Theory, Princeton University Press, 1990.
- Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, 1995.
Grading:
Midterm exam on 3 November (40% of the final grade)
Final exam on 31 January (60% of the final grade)
Homework assignments (additional 10%)
Makeup exam on 3 March 2011 (for students who took midterm and final and failed)