Microeconomics I

in
Helmut Bester, Ulrich Kamecke
Term: 
winter 2009
Time: 
Tuesday 10:00-12:00,
Tuesday 16-18
Venue: 
FUB Garystr. 21 # 102,
HUB Spandauer 1 # 21a

This course is devoted to competitive analysis and game theory as the main two pillars of mainstream microeconomics. The first part on competitive analysis focuses on general equilibrium analysis and provides a methodology which is used in many areas of modern economics (macroeconomics, finance, etc.). It presents the formal description of an economy and studies the welfare properties of equilibrium. The second part on strategic analysis presents game theoretic tools, which offer a formal description of strategic interactions and equilibrium concepts for strategic behaviour. These tools are then applied to the analysis of imperfect competition in a partial equilibrium framework.

Literature: Mas-Colell, Whinston, Green: Microeconomic Theory (1995)

Organizational Issues:

The course starts on Tuesday, October 13,

The lecture 10-12 (Bester) is shared with FU-Master students.
Information about the lecture 10-12 (Bester) is available under http://www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/institute/wirtschaftstheorie/bester/lehre... . On this site handouts for the 6 parts of the course can be downloaded below the "Course Outline". The course begins with part "6 Mathematics".
The lecture 16-18 (Kamecke) is for doctoral students only.
Subject to capacity limits, participants of the BDPEMS are invited to attend a similar course (blocked from October 19-30) at the DIW Graduate School. However, they will not be given credits in the BDPEMS for the DIW-Course.
Credits: 
9.0
This course has a capacity limit! If you want to take part, please sign up beforehand.