BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION | Microeconomics

cod. 0212100004

MICROECONOMICS

	0212100004
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE E STATISTICHE
	EQF6
	BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
	2016/2017

CURRICULUM BANCARIO ASSICURATIVO

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SECS-P/01	10	60	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE IN MICROECONOMICS ANALYSES MODELS OF THE ECONOMIC BEHAVIOUR OF THE AGENTS OPERATING IN PRODUCTS AND FACTORS MARKETS. THE LECTURES GIVE A KEY TO INTERPRET THE FUNCTIONING OF THE MARKET AS AN INSTRUMENT TO COORDINATE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS. THE STUDENTS WILL BE ENDOWED WITH THE CONCEPTUAL AND ANALYTICAL TOOLS NECESSARY TO INTERPRET THE MAIN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA. THEY WILL THEN BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM. UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND ANALYSE THE FUNCTIONING OF COMPLEX ECONOMIES FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE DIFFERENT AGENTS. IN ADDITION THEY WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN AND INTERPRET THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE ECONOMIC AGENTS (CONSUMERS, FIRMS, OWNERS OF PRODUCTION FACTORS) AND OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE MARKET ECONOMIES AND PRICE FORMATION. AT THE END OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ANALYSE AND FORMALLY DESCRIBE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS DIFFERENT FROM THE ONES DISCUSSED DURING THE UNIT. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GO DEEPER INTO THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF ECONOMICS BY CONSULTING BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON ECONOMIC ISSUES.

THE COURSE IN MICROECONOMICS ANALYSES MODELS OF THE ECONOMIC BEHAVIOUR OF THE AGENTS OPERATING IN PRODUCTS AND FACTORS MARKETS. THE LECTURES GIVE A KEY TO INTERPRET THE FUNCTIONING OF THE MARKET AS AN INSTRUMENT TO COORDINATE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS.
THE STUDENTS WILL BE ENDOWED WITH THE CONCEPTUAL AND ANALYTICAL TOOLS NECESSARY TO INTERPRET THE MAIN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA. THEY WILL THEN BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND ANALYSE THE FUNCTIONING OF COMPLEX ECONOMIES FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE DIFFERENT AGENTS.
IN ADDITION THEY WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN AND INTERPRET THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE ECONOMIC AGENTS (CONSUMERS, FIRMS, OWNERS OF PRODUCTION FACTORS) AND OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE MARKET ECONOMIES AND PRICE FORMATION.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ANALYSE AND FORMALLY DESCRIBE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS DIFFERENT FROM THE ONES DISCUSSED DURING THE UNIT. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GO DEEPER INTO THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF ECONOMICS BY CONSULTING BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON ECONOMIC ISSUES.

	Prerequisites
	MATHEMATICS FOR ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS: KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC NOTIONS OF MATHS: FUNCTIONS OF ONE OR MORE VARIABLES, LIMITS, DERIVATIVES, MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM

	Contents
	1.CONSUMER CHOICE 2.THEORY OF THE FIRM 3.THE COMPETITIVE MODEL 4.MARKET POWER: MONOPOLY, OLIGOPOLY AND STRATEGIC INTERACTION

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES, SEMINARS, TUTORIALS, CASE STUDIES.

	Verification of learning
	WRITTEN EXAM: FOUR QUESTIONS ORAL EXAM: THREE QUESTIONS

	Texts
	D. BESANKO, R.R. BRAEUTINGAM, MICROECONOMIA, MCGRAW-HILL, 2016 H. FRANCK, MICROECONOMIA, MCGRAW-HILL, 2003 M.L. KATZ, H.S. ROSEN, C.A. BOLLINO, MICROECONOMIA, MCGRAW –HILL, 2007 N. G. MANKIW, PRINCIPI DI ECONOMIA, ZANICHELLI, 2007 R. S. PINDYCK, D. L. RUBINFELD, MICROECONOMIA, ZANICHELLI, 2006 J. E. STIGLITZ, C. E. WALSH, PRINCIPI DI MICROECONOMIA, HOEPLI, 2005 BERNHEIM DOUGLAS B. , WHINSTON MICHEAL D. (2009), MICROECONOMIA, MCGRAW-HILL

Texts

D. BESANKO, R.R. BRAEUTINGAM, MICROECONOMIA, MCGRAW-HILL, 2016
H. FRANCK, MICROECONOMIA, MCGRAW-HILL, 2003
M.L. KATZ, H.S. ROSEN, C.A. BOLLINO, MICROECONOMIA, MCGRAW –HILL, 2007
N. G. MANKIW, PRINCIPI DI ECONOMIA, ZANICHELLI, 2007
R. S. PINDYCK, D. L. RUBINFELD, MICROECONOMIA, ZANICHELLI, 2006
J. E. STIGLITZ, C. E. WALSH, PRINCIPI DI MICROECONOMIA, HOEPLI, 2005
BERNHEIM DOUGLAS B. , WHINSTON MICHEAL D. (2009), MICROECONOMIA, MCGRAW-HILL