IDENTIFYING DATA 2012_13
Subject (*) INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS Code 16234004
Study programme
Degree of Business Administration and Management (Terres de l'Ebre) (2009)
 Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Basic Course First First
Language
Català
Department Economia
Coordinator
SARDÀ PONS, JORDI
DAHM ., MATTHIAS
 E-mail jordi.sarda@urv.cat
Lecturers
SARDÀ PONS, JORDI
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General description and relevant information L'assignatura proporciona els coneixements fonamentals de la teoria econòmica, en particular l'anàlisi microeconòmica dels mercats.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A1 Students understand the basic micro-and macroeconomic principles involved in business management.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B1 Learning to learn
 B7 Sensitivity to environmental issues
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
 C4 Be able to express themselves correctly both orally and in writing in one of the two official languages of the URV

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A1 Sap explicar i analitzar el mercat de competència perfecta.
Analitza els efectes de les fallades de mercat en els mercats competitius.
Entén la integració dels mercats locals i nacionals dintre del mercat internacional.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B1 Put into practice the approaches, methods and experiments put forward by the teaching staff in a disciplined fashion.
 B7 Coneix el concepte de desenvolupament sostenible
Identify the problems and consequences of sustainable development.
Acquire the skills and attitudes required to integrate the concept of sustainable development into decision taking.
Type C Code Learning outcomes
 C4 Produce written texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Introduction
PART I. Competitive markets
UNIT 1. Competitive Markets: demand • Incentives and Exchange
• Market demand,
• The law of demand and price elasticity of demand
UNIT 2. Competitive Markets: supply and equilibrium • Market supply, production, factor prices and other factors
• The law of supply and price elasticity of supply
• Equilibrium and market forces
• Comparative static analysis
• Welfare analysis: consumer surplus, producer surplus and efficiency
UNIT 3.Intervention in Competitive Markets
 • Price ceilings and minimum wages
• Taxes and subsidies
• Tax incidence


UNIT 4. International Trade

 • Integration of a small market
• Integration of a large market
• Tariffs, import quotas, export subsidies
PART II. Market failures
UNIT 5. Externalities, Public Goods and Incomplete Information
 • Externalities: a problem for markets
• Solutions
• The problem of providing public goods through markets
• Solutions to the insufficient private provision of public goods
• The lack of information: a problem for markets
• Solutions
UNIT 6. Market Power
• Imperfect competition
• Monopoly
• Solutions

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
2 1 3
Lecture
A1
 37 37 74
Problem solving, exercises
A1
B1
C4
 13 34 47
Personal tuition
B1
 2 0 2
 
Practical tests
A1
B1
B7
C4
 1 4 5
Mixed tests
A1
B1
B7
 1 10 11
Objective multiple-choice tests
A1
B1
B7
 4 4 8
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Presentation of the course (program, method, evaluation, etc.)
Lecture Presentation in class of the theory and methods
Problem solving, exercises Analysis of problems and exercises related to the subjects of the course, worked out by students (outside the classroom) and the professor (in class).
Personal tuition Personalized attention to clarify doubts (at the beginning of the period of teaching, each professor will indicate specific weekly hours).

Personalized attention
Description
Personalized attention to clarify doubts (at the beginning of the period of teaching, each professor will indicate specific weekly hours).

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Practical tests
A1
B1
B7
C4
 A series of tests in class on the problems and exercises worked out by students outside the classroom. 10%
Objective multiple-choice tests
A1
B1
B7
 Resolució de preguntes tipus test al llarg del quadrimestre 40%
Mixed tests
A1
B1
B7
 Examen final en data oficial: Resolució de preguntes tipus tests, de preguntes curtes i/o exercicis. 50%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

<p>In the second examination period (2a convocatòria) the evaluation will consist of a comprehensive exam (short open questions or multiple choice) which will determine 100% of the grade.</p>

Sources of information

Basic

Mankiw, N. Gregory. Principles of Economics . 4ª ed.,Thomson, 2007.
(trad. Principios de Economía. 4ª ed. 2007)
Complementary

Recommendations


 
Other comments
More details as classes begin.
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.