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学習目標(到達目標) |
The focus of this course is to offer students deep understanding of the analytic methods of microeconomics, such as the function of market, the role of consumer and firm, and the role of government, through the conceptual and mathematical analysis and explanation. |
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授業概要(教育目的) |
This course will facilitate and enforce students’ understanding and knowledge over the analytical framework on microeconomics. In particular, it will examine and analyze with mathematics about the function and mechanisms of market forces and government policies. |
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| 授業計画表 |
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| 回 | 項目 | 内容 |
| 第1回 | Course introduction and Information for students Overviewing of the course | Explanation about the textbook, grading, and participation. Self-introduction of the instructor and students | | 第2回 | Technology | Studies on Inputs and Outputs, Technological Constraints, Marginal Product and Diminishing Marginal Product | | 第3回 | Profit Maximization and Cost Minimization | Studies on Organization of Firms, Profits, Fixed and Variable Factors, Cost Function, Short-Run and Long-Run Costs | | 第4回 | Cost Curves | Studies on Average Costs, Marginal Costs, Variable Costs, Specific Cost Curve, Marginal Cost Curve | | 第5回 | Firm Supply | Studies on Supply Curve, Profits and Producer’s Surplus | | 第6回 | Industry Supply and Market Analysis | Studies on Short-Run and Long-Run Industry Supply, Taxation and Political Rent, Price Controls | | 第7回 | Monopoly | Studies on Demand Curve and Monopoly, Inefficiency and Deadweight Loss, Price Discrimination | | 第8回 | Oligopoly | Studies on Cournot Equilibrium and its Examples and Application | | 第9回 | Game Theory | Studies on Payoff Matrix of a Game, Nash Equilibrium, Mixed Strategies, Prisoner’s Dilemma, Repeated Games, Sequential Games | | 第10回 | Market Exchange | Studies on Edgeworth Box, Trade, Pareto Efficiency Allocation, Walras’ Law, Equilibrium and Efficiency | | 第11回 | Production | Studies on Production and Welfare Theorem, Production Possibilities, Comparative Advantage, Resource Allocation | | 第12回 | Welfare | Studies on Aggregation of Preferences, Social Welfare Theorem, Welfare Maximization, Fair Allocation | | 第13回 | Externalities | Studies on Quasilinear Preferences and Coase Theorem, Production Externalities, Tragedy of the Commons, Market Signals | | 第14回 | Public Goods | Studies on Nature of Public Goods, Free Riding, Different Levels of Public Goods, Voting, Taxation, Comparison to Private Goods | | 第15回 | Course Review | To Review the Content |
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| 授業形式 |
This course consists of lectures and in-class discussions. Students are expected to read the assigned chapter(s) prior to the class, ask questions, present their ideas, write reports when they are assigned, and take exams. Enthusiasm matters a lot in this course. |
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| 評価方法 |
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定期試験
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レポート
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小テスト
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その他
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合計
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100% |
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| 評価の特記事項 |
In-class presentation, short exams and report will be highly appreciated toward course evaluation. |
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| テキスト |
Varian (2010), Intermediate Microeconomics, Norton & Company (JP￥5000) |
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| 参考文献 |
Certain Specified. References and Reading Materials may be Distributed to the Class if Necessary. |
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| オフィスアワー(授業相談) |
Students are welcomed to talk and discuss the relevant course issues during the office hours: Wednesday 2:50 to 4:50 pm, or under appointments. |
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| 事前学習の内容など，学生へのメッセージ |
The contents and schedule of the course can be modified responding to interests of the students. Participants should know English very well, and also need sufficient interest and knowledge in Economics and Mathematics. |
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