MPE_CMIE Seminar in Microeconomics

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Jan Čapek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Ondřej Krčál, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Rostislav Staněk, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. Ing. Zdeněk Tomeš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Michal Kvasnička, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lydie Pravdová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MPE_CMIE/01: Tue 12:50–14:30 P304, Z. Tomeš
MPE_CMIE/02: Wed 12:50–14:30 S301, O. Krčál
MPE_CMIE/03: Mon 12:50–14:30 S309, J. Čapek
MPE_CMIE/04: Mon 8:30–10:05 P312
MPE_CMIE/05: Thu 12:50–14:30 P403, R. Staněk
MPE_CMIE/06: Mon 12:50–14:30 S310, R. Staněk
MPE_CMIE/07: Wed 10:15–11:50 S310, O. Krčál
MPE_CMIE/08: Tue 17:10–18:45 P304, Z. Tomeš
MPE_CMIE/09: Thu 11:05–12:45 S308, R. Staněk
MPE_CMIE/10: Mon 16:20–17:55 P303, J. Čapek
MPE_CMIE/11: Mon 14:35–16:15 S310, J. Čapek
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! PEMIC2 Seminar in 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.
The capacity limit for the course is 264 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/264, only registered: 0/264, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/264
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main goal of the course Seminars in Microeconomics (MPE_CMIE) is to practice the knowledge acquired in the course of intermediate microeconomics (MPE_MIE2).
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory seminar
  • 2. Budget Constraint, Preferences and Utility
  • 3. Choice and Revealed Preferences
  • 4. Demand and Slutsky Equation
  • 5. Consumer's Surplus and Market Demand
  • 6. Uncertainty and Equilibrium
  • 7. Test + Technology and Profit Maximization
  • 8. Cost Minimization and Cost Curves
  • 9. Firm Supply and Industry Supply
  • 10. Monopoly and Monopoly Behaviour
  • 11. Oligopoly
  • 12. Game Theory and Assymetric Information
  • 13. Test + Exchange and Production
Literature
    required literature
  • VARIAN, Hal R. Mikroekonomie. Moderní přístup :z angl.. Online. Translated by L. Grega. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995. 645 s. : i. ISBN 80-85605-25-4. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
    recommended literature
  • VARIAN, Hal R. Intermediate microeconomics : a modern approach. Online. 8. ed. New York: Norton, 2010. xxiv, 739. ISBN 9780393934243. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
  • BERGSTROM, Theodore C. and Hal R. VARIAN. Workouts in intermediate microeconomics. Online. 8th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2009. 562, 38. ISBN 9780393935158. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
Teaching methods
Seminars are related to the course Microeconomics 2. In the seminars, students solve examples, elaborate case studies a make class experiments.
Assessment methods
Necessary to get 60 points out of the total amount of 100 points. Students can get 60 points for two tests and 40 points for the presence and solving problems in the seminars.
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 PEMIC2.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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