- Docente: Vincenzo Scrutinio
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Vincenzo Scrutinio (Modulo 1) Andrea Carriero (Modulo 2) Vincenzo Scrutinio (Modulo 3) Andrea Carriero (Modulo 4)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 3) Traditional lectures (Modulo 4)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Management and Marketing (cod. 8406)
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from Feb 21, 2024 to Mar 07, 2024
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from Mar 13, 2024 to Mar 21, 2024
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from May 02, 2024 to May 09, 2024
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from May 15, 2024 to May 23, 2024
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to give the main elements of the microeconomic analysis of the functioning of a market economy; due attention will be paid, therefore, on the analysis of the behaviour of economic agents (consumers, firms, the state) and on the consequences of their interactions in terms of equilibrium analysis and the properties of the resulting configurations.
Course contents
- Introduction to Microeconomics
- Analyzing Economic Problems
- Demand and Supply Analysis
- Consumer Theory
- Consumer Preferences and the Concept of Utility
- Consumer Choice
- The Theory of Demand
- Production and Cost Theory
- Inputs and Production Functions
- Costs and Cost Minimization
- Cost Curves
- Perfect Competition
- Perfectly Competitive Markets
- Competitive Markets: Applications
- Market Power
- Monopoly and Monopsony
- Capturing Surplus
- Imperfect Competition and Strategic Behavior
- Game Theory and Strategic Behavior
- Market Structure and Competition
- Special topics
- Risk and Information
- General Equilibrium Theory
- Externalities and Public Goods
- Behavioural Economics
Readings/Bibliography
Besanko, D.A., e R.R. Braeutigam, Microeconomia, IV ed., McGraw Hill, 2012.
Teaching methods
Front lectures
Assessment methods
Written examination. The exam is closed book and will consists in questions (usually 16) about the material covered during the lectures.
<18 fail
18-23 pass
24-27 merit
28-30 distinction
30 e lode:excellent
Office hours
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