Microeconomics Ι
Course Name: Microeconomics Ι
Teachers: Christodoulos Stefanadis
School: Finance and Statistics
Department: Banking and Financial Management
Level: Undergraduate
Course ID: ΧΡΜΙΚ01 Semester: 1st
Course Type: Core Course
Prerequisites: –
Teaching and Exams Language: Greek
Course Availability to Erasmus Students: No
Course webpage: –
Specific Teaching Activities |
Weekly Teaching Hours |
Credit Units |
Lectures |
4 |
7,5 |
Course Content
- The 10 basic principles of economics.
- Thinking as economists.
- Supply and demand.
- Elasticity.
- Producers, consumers and the efficiency of markets.
- Supply, demand and government policies.
- The effects of taxation.
- International trade.
- Externalities.
- Decisions by firms.
- Perfect competition.
- Monopoly.
- Oligopoly.
Teaching Results
The course focuses on the basic techniques and tools of microeconomics. It discusses the economic behavior of consumers and firms and the structure of markets. It also examines the effects (positive or negative) of several relevant government policies at a microeconomic level.
After the successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
• Understand the basic tools and techniques of microeconomics.
• Understand the economic behavior of consumers and firms.
• Understand the structure of markets.
• Discuss several relevant government policies.
Skills
- Independent work.
- Creative and analytical thinking.
- Generation of new research ideas.
Teaching and Learning Methods - Evaluation
Lecture: Ιn Class
Use of Information and Communication Technologies: –
Teaching Analysis:
Activity |
Semester Workload |
Lectures |
52 |
Study |
135.5 |
Total |
187.5 |
Student Evaluation:
Final Exam (100%).
Recommended Bibliography
– Recommended Bibliography: Ν. Gregory Mankiw και Mark P. Taylor. Economics, 2017.
– Related scientific journals:
