EVSBAMIE Microeconomics

Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné
zima 2023
Rozsah
2/2/0. 7 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Ing. Radka Kubalová, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová
Katedra ekonomie a veřejné správy – Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné
Kontaktní osoba: Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová
Rozvrh
Po 9:45–11:20 A423
  • Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin:
EVSBAMIE/01: Po 11:25–13:00 A406, R. Kubalová
Předpoklady
FAKULTA(OPF) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && (FORMA(P) || FORMA(Z))
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
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Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The aim of the subject is for students to understand basic economic concepts, to be able to conduct basic economic analysis and calculations, to analyze market processes, to develop critical thinking and apply their knowledge of microeconomics to real economic situations and problems. The overall goal of the Microeconomics course is to provide students with a solid foundational framework for understanding microeconomic concepts and principles that they can use in further studies and in practice.
Osnova
  • 1. Introduction to microeconomic theory
    The basic principles of economics, role of models in economics, economics division, methods and tools of economic analysis. The principles of market, exchange and prices and their role in the economy. Types of markets and their actors. Elements of markets - supply, demand, price, and different types of competition. Analysis of market mechanism.
    2. Theory of rational choice
    Theory and preferences based on the theory of consumer demand. Budgetary limitations, the consumer's preference, cardinal and ordinal view on the benefits measuring method, problems of optimal consumer choice. Derivation of individual demand curves and elasticity of demand.
    3. The technology and production
    Theory of the firm and the choice of manufacturing process. Technological limitations of the firm, short and long term production function, cost optimum of the firm. Revenues on the perfectly and imperfectly competitive market. The costs in the short and long run. Economic profit.
    4. Firm behavior in various kind of markets
    Characteristics of a perfectly competitive market, the choice of optimal production scale. The production of the firm on a perfectly competitive market. Supply curve of perfectly competitive firm and market supply curve in the short and long run. Forms of imperfect competition: monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition. The effects of various forms of imperfect competition on market supply and demand. Efficiency of the market.
    5. Microeconomics aspects of land, labor and capital market
    Demand and supply on a land market. Demand for a labor force. Individual and market labor supply. Marginal revenue and marginal cost of product. The labor market in conditions of perfect and imperfect competition. Monopsony. Capital, capital goods and their forms, capital market. Present and future value, net present value of future revenues and income on capital.
    6. Market and state failure
    Causes of limited market efficiency. Public goods, positive and negative externalities, information asymmetry in the market. The issue of monopoly power. The role of the state in the market economy activities leading to the elimination of the negative impacts of market failures. Failure of the state.
Výukové metody
lectures, class discussion, simulations, homework
Metody hodnocení
oral exam (50%), continuous assessment (50%) - written test, activity on seminars, quizzes, group work
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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