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GED: Fundamentals of Markets (2225.YR.004246.1)

General information

Type:

 OBL

Curs:

 1

Period:

 S semester

ECTS Credits:

 2 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group Teacher Department Language
Year 1 Pedro Rey Biel Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad ENG

Prerequisites

None

Previous Knowledge

Basic

Course Learning Objectives

To familiarize you with the approach, language, and techniques of managerial economics.

CONTENT

1. Lecture 0.: Review of Math concepts

2. Lecture 1. Marginal and Demand Analysis

3. Lecture 2: Perfect Competitive Markets

4. Lecture 3. Monopoly and Price Discrimination

5. Lecture 4: Oligopoly and Game Theory

6. Lecture 5. Managerial Decision Making under Uncertainty

Methodology

Lecturing combined with class discussions and solutions to assginments

Assessment criteria

Group assignments (50%) and Final Exam (50%)

Bibliography

The following text can be helpful for those students who have not taken a previous course in Microeconomics: Nevertheless, it is not required.

Managerial Economics, 8th Edition, by William F. Samuelson & Stephen G. Marks, edited by John Wiley & Sons, 2014. ISBN: 978-1118808948. A cheaper paperbound version exists under ISBN 978-1119073826.

Timetable and sections

Group Teacher Department
Year 1 Pedro Rey Biel Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad

Timetable Year 1

From 2022/10/3 to 2022/10/10:
Each Monday from 9:00 to 12:00. (Except: 2022/10/10)
Monday and Wednesday from 9:30 to 13:00. (Except: 2022/10/3)

From 2022/10/18 to 2022/10/31:
From Monday to Tuesday from 14:00 to 17:30. (Except: 2022/10/24 and 2022/10/25)

Tuesday 2022/11/8 from 9:00 to 12:00.