General description

A standard master level course in microeconomics.

Learning outcomes

The course aims at 1) providing good understanding of the nature and variety of the models of economic decision-making, and 2) developing ability to apply the microeconomic models in solving concrete problems.

Contents

Consumer theory, production theory, competition, general equilibrium, game theory, uncertainty, information, risk etc.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	40 h	0 h
Exercises	20 h	0 h

Teaching language

Finnish

Teaching in the programme is given in the national languages of the partner universities (French, German, Finnish) and in English. The language of administrative cooperation is English. More information about the programme is available at the programme’s website mge-pepf.eu.

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

Cowell: Microeconomics. Oxford University Press 2006; Gravelle-Rees: Microeconomics, 3rd Edition. Financial Times/Prentice Hall 2004.

Belongs to following study modules