{"id":9257,"date":"2022-03-23T10:53:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T09:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wirtschaftstheorie.cms.rrze.uni-erlangen.de\/?page_id=9257"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:34:14","slug":"microeconomics-for-ibs-ies-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wirtschaftstheorie.rw.fau.de\/en\/lehre\/vorlesungen-bachelor\/microeconomics-for-ibs-ies-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Microeconomics for IBS \/ IES students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Course overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microeconomics for IBS \/ IES students is an undergraduate course that introduces basic microeconomic concepts. The course opens with a general introduction to the field of Economics. The main topics of the course include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choice \u2013 under constraints, in strategic interaction, within the firm, under different institutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Firm \u2013 production, price-setting, price-taking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Market \u2013 market equilibrium, market failures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The learning methodology of the course is to start from a question that arises from data or daily life, then study a model useful for answering the question and return to the question at the end to apply the model we studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Course objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">The students will acquire the ability to:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>define the core concepts of microeconomics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>describe some historical background of Economics science development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>use models and data to analyze an economic question or phenomenon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fit a proper model to an economic issue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>investigate a current microeconomic issue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Course material and organization:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will place all related materials and all notifications about the course on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studon.fau.de\/crs3269726.html\">StudOn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please make sure you access it frequently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Course textbook:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a title=\"The Economy\" href=\"https:\/\/core-econ.org\/the-economy\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Economy<\/a>, The Core Team<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact person:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a title=\"Yuval Ofek-Shanny\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wirtschaftstheorie.rw.fau.de\/en\/team-2\/academic-staff\/yuval-ofek-shanny\/\">Yuval Ofek-Shanny<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course overview: Microeconomics for IBS \/ IES students is an undergraduate course that introduces basic microeconomic concepts. 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