ECON 201_ Microeconomics经济Microeconomics.pdf

Semester 1 (18 points) ECON 201: Microeconomics Course Information for 2014 Lecturers : Paul Hansen Viktoria Kahui 7.27 Commerce Building 7.18 Commerce Building (479) 8547 (479) 5278 paul.hansen@otago.ac.nz viktoria.kahui@otago.ac.nz Terry Kerr 7.16 Commerce Building (479) 8647 terrence.kerr@otago.ac.nz Our office hours will be announced. Senior Tutor: Terry Kerr (e.g. you must see Terry if you want to change tutorials) Contact details as above. Dept. Admin.: For basic administration queries, please visit the Economics ‘reception’ (Room 7.01a, by the lifts) on the 7th floor of the Commerce Building between 9am and 3.30pm. Or phone / email: (479) 8725; economics@otago.ac.nz Lecture Times : 2.00 to 2.50 on Tuesday & Thursday; and 1.00 to 1.50 on Wednesday. Tutorial: 50 minute class per week, times announced in 1st week of lectures. Course overview and objectives The objective of ECON 201 is to promote an understanding of key microeconomic theories, with emphasis on their real-world applications. The material covered is structured around the nine ‘topics’ detailed in the course outline at the end of this document. More specifically, we will try to equip students with the knowledge and skills to be able to ‘make sense’ of a wide range of interesting and commonplace economic phenomena relating to the behaviours of individuals, firms and government o