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MICROECONOMICS

BANCA E FINANZA

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Other Courses of the Study Programme

Course year: 1

ACCOUNTING ESSENTIALS - 12 credits - Basic
ELEMENTARY ENGLISH: BASIC NOTIONS - Student's own choice
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS: BASIC NOTIONS - Student's own choice
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ELIGIBILITY - 2 credits
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - 6 credits - Characterising
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND CALCULUS I - 9 credits - Basic
MICROECONOMICS - 9 credits - Basic
PROBLEM SOLVING FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
PUBLIC LAW AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 9 credits - Characterising
STATISTICS - 9 credits - Basic

Course year: 2

ENGLISH LANGUAGE - 9 credits - Related/Supplementary
INNOVATION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Characterising
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Characterising
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL INFERENCE - 6 credits - Characterising
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND CALCULUS II - 6 credits - Characterising
MACROECONOMICS - 9 credits - Characterising
OPERATIONS RESEARCH - 9 credits - Related/Supplementary
PRIVATE LAW AND ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS - 6 credits - Basic
STATISTICS FOR ECONOMICS AND DIGITAL FIRM - 9 credits - Characterising

Course year: 3

ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF TOURISM ENTERPRISES - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BANKING - 9 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - 9 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS ORGANISATION - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS ORGANIZATION - 6 credits - Student's own choice
COMMERCIAL LAW - 12 credits - Student's own choice
COMPUTATIONAL METHODS - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
DATA ANALYSIS AND BIG DATA LAB - 9 credits - Characterising
DECISION ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ECONOMIC HISTORY - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ECONOMIC POLICY - 9 credits - Student's own choice
EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS - 9 credits - Characterising
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
FINAL TEST - 4 credits - Language/Final Examination
FINANCIAL AND ACTUARIAL CALCULUS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
FINANCIAL ECONOMICS - 6 credits - Characterising
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MODELS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
FINANCIAL MARKETS AND ISTITUTIONS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
FRENCH LANGUAGE - 6 credits - Student's own choice
GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIOLOGY OF TOURISM
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
GERMAN LANGUAGE - 6 credits - Student's own choice
HERITAGE AND TOURISM POLICY - 9 credits - Student's own choice
INTERNSHIP - 3 credits - For stages and internships
INVESTMENTS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
LABOUR LAW - 9 credits - Student's own choice
MANAGEMENT CONTROL - 9 credits - Student's own choice
MARKETING - 9 credits - Student's own choice
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Student's own choice
PORTFOLIO CHOICES - 6 credits - Student's own choice
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
PUBLIC AND INNOVATION ECONOMICS - 9 credits - Characterising
PUBLIC ECONOMICS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
SPANISH LANGUAGE - 6 credits - Student's own choice
STRATEGY ANALYSIS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
TOURISM MANAGEMENT - 6 credits - Student's own choice

MICROECONOMICS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

A004957

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019/2020

Academic Year of provision:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Basic

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in ECONOMICS AND DIGITAL FIRM

Location:

BRESCIA

Disciplinary Sector:

Political Economy

Language:

Italian

Grouping type:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

MINELLI Enrico Professor

BOTTA CORRADO Collaborator

PONTAROLLO Nicola Collaborator

Cycle:

Second four months

Hours of classroom activity:

Hours of individual study:

165

None

Educational Goals

The course aims at providing the basic tools for the analysis of the behaviour of consumers and firms, both in partial equilibrium and in a general economic equilibrium set-up. The analysis of imperfectly competitive markets and other reasons for market failures provides the motivation for the study of public intervention in markets.

Content

: Competitive Equilibrium  Demand and Supply Preference and consumer’s choice Technology and Production Firm’s choice and market equilibrium General competitive equilibrium   B: Market failures  Monopoly Strategic Behaviour Oligopoly Risk, uncertainty and asymmetric information Externalities and public goods

Extended Syllabus

Each topic refers to a chapter of the textbook: Besanko & Braeutigam (BB), Microeconomics, 5th Edition International Student Version, Wiley, 2014: - BB 1. Analyzing Economic Problems - Brief introduction to the history of the economic thought Part A: - BB 2. Demand and Supply Analysis - BB 3. Consumer Preferences and the Concept of Utility - BB 4 & 5. Consumer Choice and the Theory of Demand - BB 6. Inputs and Production Functions - BB 7 & 8. Costs and Cost Minimization, and Cost Curves - BB 9 & 10. Perfectly Competitive Markets and Applications - BB 16. General Equilibrium Theory PART B - BB 11. Monopoly and Monopsony - BB 12. Capturing Surplus - BB 13. Market Structure and Competition - BB 14. Game Theory and Strategic Behavior - BB 15. Risk and Information - BB 17. Externalities and Public Goods

Recommended Bibliography

Besanko & Braeutigam, Microeconomics, 5th Edition International Student Version, Wiley, 2014.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures and weekly classes

Assessment Methods

Computerized quiz and one "paper & pencil" exercise. Mock exams will be made available on the course web page.  For the first year students, the exam can be divided in two: a mid-term test (at about half of the course) and a final test (at the same date of the first date for the full exam). The final mark is given by the average of the marks of the two tests, IF both tests are above 14/30.

Assessment:

Final Mark

Programme of Educational Activities

Start date of teaching period:

Monday, February 10, 2020

End date of teaching period:

Friday, May 22, 2020