微观经济学讲义(黄有光)..doc

Department of Economics Advanced Microeconomics - Course Outline and Reading Guide Lecturer: Yew-Kwang Ng (phone: Room 112; Email: Kwang.ng@buseco.monash.edu.au ) Students who have solid background and are not adverse to a mathematical approach may use H.R. Varian, Microeconomic Analysis, Norton, 3rd edition, 1992. An alternative advanced text emphasizing game theory is David M. Kreps, A Course in Microeconomic Theory, Princeton University Press, 1990. Even more advanced texts includes: Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston and Jerry R. Green, 1995. Microeconomics Theory. Oxford University Press. (An advanced textbook in microeconomics theory.) However, the following texts are referred to frequently. Geoffery A. Jehle Philip J. Reny (2001). Advanced Microeconomic Theory (2nd Edition). Boston: Addison-Wesley. (JR) Y.-K. Ng, Mesoeconomics: A Micro-Macro Analysis, London: Harvester, 1986. A simpler alternative to JR is: David G. Luenberger (1995). Microeconomic Theory. McGraw-Hill. (DL) The following topics are provided for reading. The lectures may not cover all topics and may not proceed in the same order.: (0) Mathematical Introduction (May be skipped if students are already familiar) JR: Ch. A1 A2 DL: Appendix C (1) Basic Consumer Theory Mainly on consumer preferences and the existence of utility functions, properties of demand functions, the composite commodity theorem, and the Slutsky equation. DL: Ch. 4 JR: Ch. 1, 2, 3. Ng, Welfare Economics, App.1B. H.A.J. Green, Consumer Theory, Chapters 1-7 P.R.G. Layard and A.A. Walters, Microeconomic Theory, McGraw-Hill, Sections 5.1 and 5.2 Varian, Chapters 7-9 (2) Some Extensions R.H. Frank, “If Homo Economicus could choose his own utility function, would he want one with a conscience?” American Economic Review, September 1987, 593-604; June 1989, 588-596. Y.-K. Ng, “Step-optimization, secondary constraints, and Giffen goods”, Canadian Journal of Economics, N