Intermediate Microeconomics II - JEM176

• Title: Intermediate Microeconomics II
• Czech title: Intermediate Microeconomics II
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2015 to 2016
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:4/2, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Is provided by: JEB108
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Julie Chytilová, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Kristýna Čechová; doc. PhDr. Julie Chytilová, Ph.D.; PhDr. Václav Korbel, Ph.D.; Mgr. Jindřich Matoušek, Ph.D.
• Class: Courses not for incoming students

Annotation

Last update: doc. PhDr. Julie Chytilová, Ph.D. (07.09.2022)

The course builds on the course Intermediate Microeconomics I. It focuses on the theory of producer behaviour, market structure and market failures. Specific topics include technology, profit maximization and cost minimization, and market structures (perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly).

Literature

Last update: doc. PhDr. Julie Chytilová, Ph.D. (01.09.2021)

Primer text: Hal R. Varian, Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, W.W. Norton &Company, 8th edition, 2010. Many copies are available in the IES library.

Other useful textbooks are, for example:

• T. Nechyba, Microeconomics: An Intuitive Approach with Calculus, South-Western, Cengage Learning
• W. Nicholson/C. Snyder, Microeconomic Theory: Basis Principles and Extensions, South- Western
• Schotter, Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, South-Western 2009

 The primer text covers all main topics covered in the lectures. Any extensions presented at the lectures and not available in the Varian textbook can be downloaded from SIS.

 

In SIS, you will be able to download the lecture slides, seminar tasks and solutions, upload your home assignments and learn your grade - under the tab "Studijni mezivysledky/Study group roster", an icon with four blue figures.

 

Teaching methods

Last update: doc. PhDr. Julie Chytilová, Ph.D. (13.09.2020)

There will be three types of classes: lectures, joint seminars for all students, regular seminars where the students will be divided into three groups and should pick one of the three seminars.

Please see the table at the end of this document for specific dates and times of the lectures and seminars. It is recommended that the students attend all lectures (blue color in the table), all joint seminars (green) and regular seminars (light, dark or very dark yellow).   

 

During the semester, there will be two home assignments which should be prepared individually (not in groups) and handed out in electronic form via SIS. The assignments will be similar to numerical exercises presented at the seminars, but will be of higher difficulty.

The home assignments will be released and due on the following dates:

• HA1: released on October 15, submission deadline on October 25.
• HA2: released on December 3, submission deadline on December 13.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: doc. PhDr. Julie Chytilová, Ph.D. (13.09.2020)

Grades and exams

The final grade will consist of three parts. In total you can get 100 points.

• Two assignments (5 points each, in total 10 points)
• Midterm exam (30 points)
• Final exam (60 points).

 

Midterm exam: November 26th, 2020, 9:30-10:50am, in rooms 109 (surname starting with K-Z) and 206 (surname starting with A-J).

There will be one midterm exam only. If you cannot attend the midterm exam you will be requested to provide confirmation that your health condition prevented you from attending it.

 

There will be four dates for the final exam:

• December 17, 2020, 10:40am-12:20pm in room 109
• January 14, 2021, 9:00-10:40am in room 109
• January 28, 2021, 9:00-10:40am in room 109
• February 11, 2021, 9:00-10:40am in room 109

 

Grading:

• A: 90.1-100
• B: 80.1-90
• C: 70.1-80
• D: 60.1-70
• E: 50.1-60
• F: 0-50

Entry requirements

Last update: doc. PhDr. Julie Chytilová, Ph.D. (21.09.2020)

 

When registering into SIS, please register to Lecture 2 (Thursday 11:00am-12:20pm) and to one of the available seminars (Monday 8:00-9:20am, or Thursday 8:00-9:20am, or Friday 8:00-9:20am).