Microeconomic theory : consumer and producer choice

Consumer optimal choice and demand, Revealed preferences, Slutsky equation, Buying and selling + labor supply, Technology and profit maximisation, General equilibrium.
 

This course contributes to the Governance pedagogical pathway of the Sustainable Development initiative that seek to provide an integrated training in sustainability.

Ability to understand and implement the tools related to the consumer and producer choice as well as the competitive general equilibrium.

Required and corequired courses

Courses requiring this course

Lectures (by the professor) + problem sets (by the teaching assistants).

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Hal R Varian, Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, 8th edition, W.W. Norton & Co.

Course notes

• Podcast
• Université virtuelle

Contacts

Bram De Rock, bram.de.rock@ulb.be

Campus

Solbosch

Method(s) of evaluation

• written examination

written examination

• Closed question with multiple choices (MCQ)

Written exam.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Final grade only based on the written exam.

Language(s) of evaluation

• english