Economics I (1 º Sem 2019/2020)

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Detailed Syllabus Link

    PART 1: What is Economics?

    1.  First principles

    2.  Economic models: trade-offs and trade

    PART 2: Supply and Demand

    3.  Supply and demand

    4.  Consumer surplus and producer surplus

    5.  Price controls and quotas: meddling with markets

    6.  Elasticity

    7.  Taxes

    PART 3: The Consumer

    8.  The rational consumer

    PART 4: The Producer

    9. Behind the supply curve: inputs and costs

    10. Perfect competition and the supply curve

    PART 5: Market Structure: Beyond Perfect Competition

    11. Monopoly

    12. Oligopoly & Introduction to Game Theory

    13. Monopolistic competition and product differentiation

    PART 6: Other Market Failures

    14. Externalities

    15. Public Goods

     

    The 15 topics above correspond sequentially to chapters 1 to 7 and 10 to 17 of the textbook Microeconomics by Krugman and Wells, 5th edition, 2018.