ESF:MKE_MIE2 Microeconomics 2 - Course Information

MKE_MIE2 Microeconomics 2

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Ondřej Krčál, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Michal Kvasnička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Rostislav Staněk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Jan Čapek, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Michal Kvasnička, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lydie Pravdová

Timetable

Sat 15. 10. 12:50–16:15 P101, Sat 29. 10. 8:30–11:50 P101, Sat 19. 11. 8:30–11:50 P101, Sat 10. 12. 8:30–11:50 P101, Sat 17. 12. 8:30–11:50 P101

Prerequisites (in Czech)

(! KEMIK2 Microeconomics II )&&(! PEMIK2 Microeconomics II )

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Business Management (programme ESF, N-EKM)
• Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS)
• Public Economics and Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS)
• Public Economics and Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS, specialization Veřejná ekonomika)
• Public Economics and Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS, specialization Veřejná správa)

Course objectives

At the end of the course (MPE_MIE2) students acquire intermediate knowledge of microeconomic theory. Students will learn the economic theory of the consumer, firm and general equilibirium. The intermediate course of microeconomics provides students with the knowledge necessary for further studies of microeconomics on the doctoral level.

Syllabus

• 1. Budget Constraint, Preferences, Utility, Choice and Revealed Preferences
• 2. Demand, Slutsky Equation, Consumer's Surplus, Market Demand, Equilibrium and Uncertainty
• 3. Technology, Profit Maximization, Cost Minimization, Cost Curves, Firm Supply and Industry Supply
• 4. Monopoly, Monopoly Behaviour, Oligopoly
• 5. Game Theory, Assymetric Information, Exchange and Production

Literature

required literature
• VARIAN, Hal R. Mikroekonomie :moderní přístup. Translated by Libor Grega. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, xx, 643, 3. ISBN 80-85865-25-4. info

recommended literature
• VARIAN, Hal R. Intermediate microeconomics : a modern approach. 8. ed. New York: Norton, 2010, xxiv, 739. ISBN 9780393934243. info
• BERGSTROM, Theodore C. and Hal R. VARIAN. Workouts in intermediate microeconomics. 8th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2009, 562, 38. ISBN 9780393935158. info

Teaching methods

homework, lectures, problem solving, application

Assessment methods

Final exam: written test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět KEMIK2 nebo PEMIK2.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• BKE_ZEKO Principles of Economics
  (!BPE_MIE1) && (!BPE_MAE1) && (!BKE_MAE1) && (!BKE_MIE1) && (!BKE_ZAKE) && !NOWANY(BKE_MIE1,BKE_MAE1,MKE_MIE2,MKE_MAE2,CORE011,BKE_ZAKE) && forma(K) && (!MKE_MIE2) && (!MKE_MAE2)  
• CORE011 Economic style of thinking
  (!BPE_MIE1) && (!BPE_MAE1) && (!BKE_MAE1) && (!BKE_MIE1) && (!BKE_ZAKE) && !NOWANY(BKE_MIE1,BKE_MAE1,MKE_MIE2,MKE_MAE2,BKE_ZAKE) && (!MKE_MIE2) && (!MKE_MAE2) && (!BPE_ZEKO) && (!fakulta(ESF)) && !typ_studia(ND) && (!forma(C) || !forma(K) || !forma(D) || !forma(R) || !forma(Z))  
• MPE_AMI2 Microeconomics 2
  (!MPE_MIE2) && (!MKE_MIE2) && (!NOWANY(MKE_MIE2,MPE_MIE2))  
• MPE_MIE2 Microeconomics 2
  (!MPE_AMI2) && (!MKE_MIE2) && (!NOWANY(MKE_MIE2,MPE_AMI2))  

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
  
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