This course presents Microeconomic principles that explain how and why individuals and firms make economic decisions. Some examples of these decisions are: How do firms select strategies to maximize profits? How do firms write contracts that provide optimal incentives for employees? How to predict the impacts of taxes and regulations?
Mathematical tools and graphs will be employed to build precise models that help to gain deeper understanding of the logical and critical thinking in economics. They will also be important foundations for advanced courses in microeconomics, such as Public Economics, Industrial Organization, and Labor Economics. This course presents Microeconomic principles that explain how and why individuals and firms make economic decisions. Some examples of these decisions are: How do firms select strategies to maximize profits? How do firms write contracts that provide optimal incentives for employees? How to predict the impacts of taxes and regulations?
Mathematical tools and graphs will be employed to build precise models that help to gain deeper understanding of the logical and critical thinking in economics. They will also be important foundations for advanced courses in microeconomics, such as Public Economics, Industrial Organization, and Labor Economics.
經濟學旨在探討人們在有限的資源下如何做選擇？以及人們所選擇的活動，會造成什麼樣的結果？由於人們受到利己心的驅使，在資源（預算限制）及制度（法律規範）等限制條件下，會做理性選擇，以爭取最大私利，故個體經濟學亦可視為研究人類選擇行為的學問。長久以來，經由理論及實證研究的發展，經濟學已建構出一系列的模型，可用來解釋或預測經濟活動的結果。本課程旨在分析個別決策者（消費者、廠商）的選擇行為，及由此所導致的市場價格及資源配置狀況，以期對經濟活動（或行為）有更佳的瞭解。本課程屬於進階課程，著重在細膩分析，有較多模型或圖形的討論。課程內容包括：消費者選擇理論與應用、不確定狀況下之選擇、生產與成本、競爭性市場、不完全競爭市場、獨占力下的定價行為、基本賽局理論、要素市場理論、一般均衡理論、訊息不對稱及市場失靈等。
Economics aims to explore how people make choices with limited resources? And what are the consequences of the activities people choose? Because people are driven by self-interest and make rational choices under the constraints of resources (budget constraints) and systems (legal norms) to strive for maximum self-interest, individual economics can also be regarded as the study of human choice behavior. For a long time, through the development of theoretical and empirical research, economics has constructed a series of models that can be used to explain or predict the results of economic activities. This course aims to analyze the choice behavior of individual decision makers (consumers, manufacturers) and the resulting market prices and resource allocation conditions, in order to have a better understanding of economic activities (or behaviors). This course is an advanced course, focusing on detailed analysis, with more discussion of models or graphics. Course content includes: consumer choice theory and application, choice under uncertainty, production and cost, competitive market, imperfect competitive market, pricing behavior under monopoly power, basic game theory, factor market theory, general equilibrium theory , information asymmetry and market failure, etc.
Microeconomics: 9th Edition Paperback – Pindyck and Rubinfeld
ISBN-10: 1-292-21331-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-292-21331-6
microeconomics: 9TH edition paperback – pin first lesson and Rubin Fe LD
| 評分項目 Grading Method | 配分比例 Grading percentage | 說明 Description |
|---|---|---|
| 平時成績平時成績 usual results |
40 | 含小考、參與討論及出席紀錄 |
| 期中考試期中考試 midterm exam |
30 | |
| 期末考試期末考試 final exam |
30 |
