microeconomics I

Aннотация:
Курс микроэкономики Российской экономической школы, раскрывающий такие темы, как поведение потребителя, теория межвременного выбора, выявленные предпочтения и др.

Introduction - Basic Concepts (6 hours)

1. Scarcity, The Transformation Curve, Efficiency, Alternative Costs
2. Comparative Advantage, Trade Specialization
3. Allocation and Distribution: The Market Solution and the Central Planners Solution.

Household Behaviour Demand for Goods (8 hours)

1. The Budget Constraint and Consumer Preferences, Linear and Non-linear budget constraints, Preferences, Principles of rationality, Utility
2. Consumers Choice, Constrained Optimization
3. Comparative Statics, Income and Price Effects, Elasticities

Household Behaviour Supply of Factors of Production (4 hours)

1. Consumers Choice in a Model of Fixed Endowments, Comparative Statics, Demand and Excess Demand
2. Supply of Labor
3. Intertemporal Choice Consumption and Savings

Welfare Measurement (4 hours)

1. Revealed Preference and Consumer Surplus

General Equilibrium in a Consumption Economy (6 hours)

1. Market Demand