Syllabus
Preliminary structure of the course
Date
Hours
Topic
Varian,
Chapter 19.02.2024 12:30-13:50
Lecture 1: Introduction to microeconomics 1 19.02.2024 14:00-15:20
Lecture 2: Consumer theory: Budget constraint 2 20.02.2024 12:30-13:50
Tutorial session 1 and 2 (Group 1) 21.02.2024 12:30-13:50
Tutorial session 1 and 2 (Group 2) 21.02.2024 17:00-18:20
Tutorial session 1 and 2 (Group 3) 26.02.2024 12:30-13:50
Lecture 3: Consumer preferences 3 26.02.2024 14:00-15:20
Lecture 4: Utility, utility function, monotonic transformation 4 27.02.2024 12:30-13:50
Tutorial session 3 (Group 1) 28.02.2024 12:30-13:50
Tutorial session 3 (Group 2) 28.02.2024 17:00-18:20
Tutorial session 3 (Group 3), 04.03.2024 12:30-13:50
Lecture 5: Consumer choice, Kuhn-Tucker conditions 5 04.03.2024 14:00-15:20
Tutorial session 4 - ALL groups 05.03.2024 12:30-13:50
Tutorial session 5 (Group 1) 06.03.2024 12:30-13:50
Tutorial session 5 (Group 2) 06.03.2024 17:00-18:20
Tutorial session 5 (Group 3) 11.03.2024 12:30-15:20
Lecture 6: Demand and elasticities + TEST 1 6, 15 12.03.2024 12:30-13:50
Tutorial session 6 (Group 1) 13.03.2024 12:30-13:50
Tutorial session 6 (Group 2) 13.03.2024 17:00-18:20
Tutorial session 6 (Group 3) 18.03.2024
Annotation
The course builds on introductory microeconomics course (JEB003, JEB101), extends the old and introduces new concepts while standard analytic methods are applied. It focuses on the theory of consumer behavior.
Specific topics include consumer preferences, optimal choice, consumer demand, revealed preferences, measurement of welfare changes, choice under uncertainty, intertemporal choice.