Studienhandbuch | IK Introductory Microeconomics

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Es ist eine neuere Version 2025W dieser LV im Curriculum Diploma programme Business Education 2025W vorhanden.

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Workload	Education level	Study areas	Responsible person	Hours per week	Coordinating university
3 ECTS	B1 - Bachelor's programme 1. year	Economics	Gerald Pruckner	2 hpw	Johannes Kepler University Linz

Detailed information
Pre-requisites	^(*)keine
Original study plan	Bachelor's programme Economics and Business 2020W 2020W
Objectives	Students will acquire skills to explore basic problems and topics in the area of microeconomics
Subject	Base concepts: markets, supply and demand, elasticities Consumer preferences, budget constraint and optimal consumer choice Individual and market demand, consumer surplus Firms, production function and cost budgeting Profit-maximization and competitive supply Market supply and producer surplus, market equilibrium Welfare aspects of competitive markets Monopoly Monopolistic competition and oligopoly Models by Cournot, Bertrand, and Stackelberg
Criteria for evaluation	Practice exercises, tests, written examinations (selected by the course instructor)
Methods	Lecture, practice exercises, homework assignments... Methods are subject to the course instructor
Language	German / English
Study material	Pindyck / Rubinfeld, Microeconomics, International Edition
Changing subject?	No

On-site course
Maximum number of participants	40
Assignment procedure	Assignment according to priority

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