《intermediatemicroeconomics》coursesyllabus.pdfVIP

《Intermediate Microeconomics》Course Syllabus Ⅰ、Course Introduction 1、Course No.：EC306 2、Course Name(Chinese/English)：中级微观经济学/Intermediate Microeconomics 3、Period/Credits：72/4 4、Department：Antai College of Economics Management 5、Pre-reading：Principles of Economics 6、Students Category：undergraduate student 7、Textbook, Reference Books： 《Intermediate Microeconomics》, Hal R. Varian, Fei Fangyu, Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2006 Ⅱ、Course Characters and Objects According to the knowledge background and ability character of undergraduate students who have taken “Principles of Economics”, “ Intermediate Microeconomics” is intended to cover the basic theory and analytical method of modern economics more generally on the basis of straightforward principle and empirical cases using the mathematical tools such as algebra and calculus, and to enlighten the students to get the interest and thought to analyze and solve actual economic problems and learn the basic method of economics modeling. Ⅲ、Contents and Requirements 1. Introduction and budget constraint: economic hypothesis and model, set of budget constraint, preference hypothesis, indifference curve, marginal rate of substitution 中级微观经济学 第 1 页 共 6 页 2. Utility: utility function, utility function and marginal rate of substitution; choice: optimal choice and consumer demand, commodity category 3. Demand: market demand, price offer curve, income offer curve, conception and application of revealed preference theory 4. Slutsky equation: income effect and substitution effect 5. Purchase and sale: modified slutsky equation, labor supply model; consumer’s surplus: compensating variation, equivalent variation 6. Market demand and equilibrium: market demand, elasticity, marginal revenue curve; market equilibrium, comparative static, tax, Pareto efficient