Postgraduate Course: Microeconomics 2 (ECNM11025)
Course Outline
| School | School of Economics |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | To give students a command of the main tools of microeconomic analysis, so that they can undertake advanced work in areas such as industrial economics, public economics, labour economics, environmental economics, international economics and finance; and to show how such microeconomic analysis can be applied in making the transition from theoretical models to empirical/policy models. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Microeconomics 1 (ECNM11023)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Students should be registered for MSc Economics or MSc Economics (Finance). All other students must email sgpe@ed.ac.uk in advance to request permission.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Students should be registered for MSc Economics or MSc Economics (Finance). All other students must email sgpe@ed.ac.uk in advance to request permission.
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| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 73 |
| Course Start |
Block 3 (Sem 2) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 9,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Revision Session Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
51 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Class exam 25%
Final exam 75% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
| Knowledge and understanding of adverse selection, moral hazard and screening. Knowledge and understanding of the main models that describe the impact of these concepts on goods and labour markets including the seminal models of Spence and Ackerlof.
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Reading List
The basic textbooks to be used are:
Mas-Colell, A., M.D. Whinston and J.R. Green, Microeconomic Theory (OUP, 1995).
H.R. Varian, Microeconomic Analysis, 3rd ed (Norton, 1992)
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.sgpe.ac.uk |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andrew Clausen
Tel: (0131 6)51 5131
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Sophie Bryan
Tel: (0131 6)51 1764
Email: |
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