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Study programmes 2012-2013Last update : 18/06/2013
ECON0927-1  Advanced Microeconomics

Duration :  30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits :  
Master degree in Economics, in-depth approach, 1st year5
Master degree in Economics, didactic approach, 1st year5
Master degree in Economical Sciences, Professional Focus in Economic Policies and Analysis, 1st year5
Master degree in Economics, professional focus in Economics and Finance, 1st year5
Master degree in Economics, professional focus in Economic Analysis and Public Governance, 1st year5
Master degree in Economics5
Lecturer :  Alain Jousten
Language(s) of instruction :  
English language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
This course can be seen as an extension and further formalization of the course in intermediate microeconomics, from which it also borrows the methodology.

It formalizes the concepts of individual and public choice further. The approach encompasses consumers, producers and the government. It also discusses choice under uncertainty and adverse selection.

In a next step, it assembles these elements to determine a general equilibrium in prices and quantities that result from the interaction of all economic actors.

Finally, the course evaluates the equilibria in a normative analysis from the point of view of the social optimum and suggests corrective measures in the face of various market failures.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
  • Formalize the microeconomic analysis.
  • Present the two propositions of welfare economics, the foundation of collective choice and the canonical market failures.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Intermediate microeconomics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Exercise sessions
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
face-to-face and exercises
Recommended or required readings :  
Reference book Jeffrey Perloff, Microeconomics, Theory and applications with calculus, (2011) Pearson International (2nd edition) Recommended readings H. Varian, Microeconomics Analysis, Norton D. Kreps, A course in Microeconomic Theory, Princeton
Assessment methods and criteria :  
written exam
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
1st semester
Contacts :  
Professor
Alain Jousten, Bât. B31 Tel 04/366 3198 E-mail: ajousten@ulg.ac.be
Assistant
Arjeta Aliaj, Bât. B31 04/366 3107 E-mail: a.aliaj@ulg.ac.be


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