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PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I (MICROECONOMICS)
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borrowed from Corso di Laurea in ECONOMIA E MANAGEMENT - ISTITUZIONI DI ECONOMIA POLITICA I - cod.
Academic year 2011/12
1° year of course -
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Learning objectives

The goal of this course is to make students acquainted with principles, methods and objects of microeconomics.

Prerequisites

None

Course unit content

Introduction to Microeconomics
Theory of consumer choice
How markets work: demand and supply
Micro in practice: wages and labor supply, interest rates and savings, primary education in Kenya
Markets and welfare
Micro in practice: the cost of taxation, international trade
Public microeconomics
Information economics
Firms and market structures
Micro in practice: antitrust policies, OPEC, advertising
Labor market functioning

Full programme

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Bibliography

Mankiw, N.G., Principi di Economia - Microeconomia, Zanichelli editore, 2007 (4^ edizione), capp.1-2, 4-21.

Teaching methods

Oral lectures.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam

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