Faculty Name

John Reardon

Document Type

Syllabi

School

HSB

Department

EFAQ

Course Subject

ECON

Course Number

1310

Course Section

02

Course Title

Microeconomic Analysis

Academic Term and Year

Fall 2014

Credits

4.00

Hamline Plan Letter

S

Area of Study

ECON, ESTD, FIN, GBUS, IBUS, MGMT, MKTG, SSTD

Course Description

Goals: To introduce students to theory relating to the economic decisions made by individual consumers and firms in a market economy and to examine the role of government in domestic and international markets. Content: The topic of this course, deals in depth with choices, especially consumer behavior and the spending decisions, the production decisions of the business firm and how prices and wages are determined in the output and input markets. In addition, this course analyzes consumer and business behavior under various competitive and imperfect conditions, as well as the implications of these for society. We will also study the ramifications of various government policies, predicting the effects of those policies, both positive and negative, on market participants using events and situations in the world. Credits: 4 credits

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