Spring 2015 - ECON 201 D200

Microeconomic Theory I: Competitive Behavior (4)

Class Number: 2221

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 6 – Apr 13, 2015: Tue, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

    Jan 6 – Apr 13, 2015: Thu, 9:30–11:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 21, 2015
    Tue, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    ECON 103 and 105; MATH 157.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Aspects of microeconomic theory involving competitive markets. Topics include the behavior of households and firms, partial equilibrium analysis of product and factor markets, and general equilibrium. Students with credit for ECON 301 may not complete this course for further credit. Quantitative.

COURSE DETAILS:

The course derives the demand for goods and services from the preferences of utility-maximizing consumers and the supply of these same goods and services from the cost structures of profit-maximizing firms in order to determine the equilibrium in markets with different degrees of competitiveness

Grading

  • Top Hat Monocle 20%
  • Midterm 40%
  • Final 40%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Nicholson, Walter and Christopher Snyder. 2012. Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principles and Extensions. 11th Edition. W.W. Norton & Company: New York. ISBN: 9781111525538

Department Undergraduate Notes:

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