Semester	Spring Semester, 2020
Department	The International Master Program of Applied Economics and Social Development (IMES) , First Year The International Master Program of Applied Economics and Social Development (IMES) , Second Year The International Master Program of Applied Economics and Social Development (IMES) , Third Year The International Master Program of Applied Economics and Social Development (IMES) , Fourth Year
Course Name	Applied Microeconomics
Instructor	WANG SHINN-SHYR
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Required
Prerequisite

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

1. Introduction

2. Supply and Demand

3. A Consumer's Constrained Choice

4. Demand

5. Consumer Welfare and Policy Analysis

6. Firms and Production

7. Costs

8. Competitive Firms and Markets

9. Properties and Applications of the Competitive Model

10. General Equilibrium and Economic Welfare

11. Monopoly

12. Pricing and Advertising

13. Game Theory

14. Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition

15. Factor Markets

16. Uncertainty

17. Externalities, Open Access, and Public Goods

18. Asymmetric Information

Expected workload per week:

1 topic listed above

3 In-class Hours

4.5 Outside-of-class Hours

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

TBA

Requirement/Grading

Your class participation is required. There will be quizzes, a midterm, and a final exam. A quiz will be held after the completion of each chapter. The grade will be based on class participation (5%), quizzes (25%), a midterm exam (30%) and a final exam (40%).

Textbook & Reference

• Perloff, Jeffrey M. (2016) Microeconomics: Theory and Applications with Calculus, 4th eds., Pearson. (required)

• Kreps, D. (2013) Microeconomic Foundations I: Choice and Competitive Markets.

• Jehle, G. and P. Reny (2011) Advanced Microeconomic Theory.

• Mas-Colell, A., Whinston M., and J. Green (1995) Microeconomic Theory.

• Varian, H. (1992) Microeconomic Analysis.

Urls about Course

http://wm5.nccu.edu.tw/

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