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[ 514INMIIMIK21 ] KS Introduction to Microeconomics

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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 Michael Irlacher 2 hpw Johannes Kepler University Linz
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Original study plan Bachelor's programme International Business Administration 2021W
Objectives The students have knowledge of the basic principles of microeconomics. They are able to solve real-world microeconomic questions and problems. The students know the analytical tools that allow them to study constitutive and farther-reaching subjects in economics. The students learn economic thinking as well as how to grasp real-world problems in a concise and formal way.
Subject Clarification of the following basic terms will be covered:

  • Supply and demand
  • Elasticities
  • Preferences and budget constraints
  • Optimal consumption
  • Demand function, and consumer surplus
  • Production function
  • Costs
  • Profit maximization
  • Supply function and producer surplus
  • Welfare analysis
  • Monopoly
  • Monopolistic Competition and oligopoly
  • Cournot, Stackelberg, and Bertrand equilibria
Criteria for evaluation Written exam
Methods Calculus, graphical analysis and interpretation, logical reasoning
Language English
Study material Slides Textbook: Robert S. Pindyck and Daniel L. Rubinfeld. “Microeconomics”, Pearson, Prentice Hall, 7th Edition.
Changing subject? No
On-site course
Maximum number of participants 100
Assignment procedure Assignment according to priority