Curriculum Information
Instructor: Kenji Yamamoto
Office: Room 424 (Building #1)
Class: 10:30 - 12:00, Mondays and Wednesdays
Classroom: Multimedia Hall 3 (Building #2)
Office Hour: 13:00 - 14:00, Tuesdays or by appointments
Credit Hours: 4
Level: Sophmore
Course website: http://www.otaru-uc.ac.jp/~yamamoto/Intermediate_Micro.html
Course Objectives
This course is designed to provide each student with a key set of logical tools that will be applied to real world economic problems, such as decisions made by consumers and firms, and the effects of government policies in the marketplace. Students will learn how to apply microeconomics to comprehend and critically evaluate arguments made in public policy debates.
Course Contents and Tentative Schedule (All slides are in PDF unless otherwise stated.)
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Date
|
Topics, Chapter(s), Slides & Homeworks
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| April 11 | Orientation & 1 Preliminaries. |
| April 13 | 2. The Basics of Supply and Demand |
| April 18 | 2. The Basics of Supply and Demand |
| April 20 | 3. Consumer Behavior |
| April 25 | 3. Consumer Behavior |
| April 27 | 4. Individual and Market Demand |
| May 2 | 4. Individual and Market Demand |
| May 9 | 5. Uncertainty and Consumer Behavior |
| May 11 | 5. Uncertainty and Consumer Behavior |
| May 16 | 6. Production |
| May 18 | 6. Production |
| May 23 | 7. The Cost of Production |
| May 25 | 7. The Cost of Production |
| May 30 | 8. Profit Maximization and Competitive Supply |
| June 1 | 8. Profit Maximization and Competitive Supply |
| June 6 | Mid-term Exam |
| June 8 | 9. The Analysis of Competitive Markets |
| June 13 | 9. The Analysis of Competitive Markets |
| June 15 | 10. Market Power: Monopoly and Monopsony |
| June 20 | 10. Market Power: Monopoly and Monopsony |
| June 22 | 11. Pricing with Market Power |
| June 27 | 11. Pricing with Market Power |
| June 29 | 12. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly |
| July 4 | 12. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly |
| July 6 | 13. Game Theory and Competitive Strategy |
| July 11 | 13. Game Theory and Competitive Strategy |
| July 13 | 14. Markets for Factor Inputs |
| July 20 | 14. Markets for Factor Inputs |
| August 1 | Final exam |
Textbook & Study Guide
Robert S. Pindyck & Daniel L. Rubinfeld; Microeconomics, 6th edition, (N. J., U.S.A.: Prentice Hall, 2005). ISBN: 0131912070 (Paperback edition)
Jonathan H. Hamilton & Valerie Y. Suslow; Microeconomics, Study Guide, 6th edition, (N. J., U.S.A.: Prentice Hall, 2005). ISBN: 0131445545 (Paperback edition)
A copy of the above textbook and studyguide is reserved at the library circulation desk for this course.
Grading Policy
We will have a mid-tem (40%) exam and a final (40%) exam during the course. In additon, each student will be asked for weekly submissions of homework assignments (20%).
Last update: 1 August 2005