| 回 | 項目 | 内容 |
| 第1回 | Guidance | Course descriptions, evaluations, and related policies are explained. |
| 第2回 | Consumer Theory 1 | Aim & Scope: This lecture introduces how to derive indifference curve using preference relation.
Goal: Understanding the relationship between preference relation and utility function.
Prep: Review basic microeconomic theory (consumer behavior) in the introductory course. |
| 第3回 | Consumer Theory 2 | Aim & Scope: This lecture introduces utility maximization and expenditure minimization problems.
Goal: Understanding mathematical treatments of optimization.
Prep: Review basic microeconomic theory (consumer behavior) in the introductory course. |
| 第4回 | Consumer Theory 3 | Aim & Scope: This lecture considers relationships among utility function, indirect utility function, and expenditure function.
Goal: Understanding key functions in consumer theory and envelope theorem.
Prep: Review basic microeconomic theory (consumer behavior) in the introductory course. |
| 第5回 | Producer Theory 1 | Aim & Scope: This lecture introduces how to derive iso-quant curve from given technology.
Goal: Understanding the relationship between production technology and production function.
Prep: Review basic microeconomic theory (producer theory) in the introductory course. |
| 第6回 | Producer Theory 2 | Aim & Scope: This lecture considers profit maximization problems.
Goal: Understanding mathematical treatments of optimization.
Prep: Review basic microeconomic theory (producer theory) in the introductory course. |
| 第7回 | Producer Theory 3 | Aim & Scope: This lecture considers relationships among production function, revenue function, and cost function.
Goal: Understanding key functions in producer theory and envelope theorem.
Prep: Review basic microeconomic theory (producer theory) in the introductory course. |
| 第8回 | Market Equilibrium | Aim & Scope: This lecture considers how the market behaves in the competitive equilibrium.
Goal: Understanding characteristics of competitive equilibrium, as well as measurements of welfare.
Prep: Review basic microeconomic theory (market equilibrium) in the introductory course. |
| 第9回 | Monopoly & Oligopoly | Aim & Scope: This lecture considers monopoly and oligopoly markets.
Goal: Understanding equilibria in noncompetitive markets.
Prep: Review basic microeconomic theory (monopoly and oligopoly) in the introductory course. |
| 第10回 | Monopolistic Competition | Aim & Scope: This lecture introduces monopolistic environment using a taste-for-variety model.
Goal: Understanding taste-for-variety (Dixit-Stiglitz-Spence) model.
Prep: Review basic microeconomic theory (monopoly and oligopoly) in the introductory course. |
| 第11回 | Game Theory 1 | Aim & Scope: This lecture introduces noncooperative games.
Goal: Understanding pure and mixed Nash equilibria.
Prep: Review basic microeconomic theory (game theory) in the introductory course. |
| 第12回 | Game Theory 2 | Aim & Scope: This lecture introduces noncooperative games in dynamic framework.
Goal: Understanding Folk theorem and the difference between static and dynamic games.
Prep: Review basic microeconomic theory (game theory) in the introductory course. |
| 第13回 | Bargaining Theory | Aim & Scope: This lecture introduces bargaining models, such as pure exchange model, Nash bargaining, and Rubinstein bargaining.
Goal: Understanding basic ideas in decentralized transactions.
Prep: Review basic microeconomic theory (bargaining) in the introductory course. |
| 第14回 | Review of topics | This lecture reviews all topics in this lecture series. |
| 第15回 | Summary | This is the summary of this lecture series. |
