PUBPOL 2000
Intermediate Microeconomics
Topics include theory of demand and consumer behavior including classical and indifference curve analyses; theories of production and cost; models for the following markets-competitive, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and inputs; general equilibrium; welfare economics; public goods; and risk.
Topics
- Employ budget constraints and consumer theory to analyze a wide variety of topics, including income effects, substitution effects, two-period models, team production, and the principle-agent problem.
- Use the models of perfect competition to analyze both short and long run equilibrium.
- Use the tools of game theory to analyze strategic pricing, output decisions, campaign spending, advertising, and so on.
- Explain and apply the models of microeconomics to topics covered in general interest news, topics of political interest, and to a current events.
Official roster learning outcomes
Prerequisites & course information
ECON 1110 or equivalent.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
- Catalogue entry ↗
Catalogue variants
- Intermediate Microeconomics · 4.0 · Undergraduate