1.[PLEASE NOTE: The class schedule shown below is VERY TENTATIVE --- including the timing of the exams --- so please do NOT base your enrolment decision on this information.] Introduction |
| 2.Thinking like an economist |
| 3.Comparative advantage and opportunity cost |
| 4.Supply and demand |
| 5.Market equilibrium |
| 6.Problem solving session (1) |
| 7.Elasticity |
| 8.Demand analysis |
| 9.Demand and consumer surplus |
| 10.Problem solving session (2) |
| 11.Profit maximising firms in perfectly competitive markets |
| 12.Supply and producer surplus |
| 13.Efficiency and exchange |
| 14.The cost of preventing price adjustments |
| 15.Problem solving session (3) |
| 16.Mid-term exam |
| 17.Monopoly |
| 18.Oligopoly and monopolistic competition |
| 19.Games and strategic behaviour |
| 20.Problem solving session (4) |
| 21.Externalities and property rights |
| 22.Public goods |
| 23.Government policies |
| 24.Problem solving session (5) |
| 25.The economics of information |
| 26.Auction |
| 27.Adverse selection, moral hazard and signalling |
| 28.Problem solving session (6) |
| 29.Final Exam |