Introduction to Issues and Methods in Microeconomics

Undergraduate / Graduate

Microeconomics is the study of how agents make optimal choices when facing constraints. The course will start by developing the "Economic Approach" as the basic tool for analysis in economics. We will continue with a model of causal inference, and link it with concepts students have learned in the econometrics course. Then, we introduce the use of experiments as an alternative methodology for the researchers to gather their own data. Finally, we cover some major topics in behavioral economics.