IntermediateMicroeconomicsLi-AnZhouGuanghuaSchoolofManagement,PekingUniversitySpring,2018CourseOutlineChapter1Introduction1.WhatisMicroeconomics?2.RationalityAssumptioninEconomicsChapter2TheMarket(Varian,Chapter1)1.ConstructaModel2.AlternativeWaystoAllocateApartmentsChapter3ConsumerBehavior(Varian,Chapters2-6and8)1.ConsumerPreferences2.BudgetConstraints3.ConsumerChoice4.SubstitutionandIncomeEffects5.IndividualDemand6.MarketDemandChapter4ChoiceunderUncertainty(Varian,Chapter12)1.DescribingRisk2.PreferencestowardsRisk3.ReducingRisk4.DemandforRiskyAssets(Varian,Chapter13)Chapter5Production(Varian,Chapter18)1.Technology2.ReturnstoScaleChapter6CostsofProduction(Varian,Chapters20an21)1.CostMinimization2.ReturntoScaleandtheCostFunctions3.Long-RunandShort-RunCosts4.MeasuringCosts:WhichCostsMatter?5.CostcurvesChapter7ProfitMaximizationandSupplyBehavior(Varian,Chapter19,22and23)1.ProfitMaximization2.FirmSupplyinShortRun3.MarketorIndustrySupplyCurves4.EconomicRentsChapter8MarketEquilibrium(Varian,Chapter16)1.MarketEquilibriumIntermediateMicroeconomicsLi-AnZhouGuanghuaSchoolofManagement,PekingUniversitySpring,20182.ComparativeStatics:ExamplesChapter9Monopoly(Varian,Chapter24)1.ProfitMaximizationforaMonopoly2.InefficiencyofMonopoly3.PricingwithMarketPower4.MonopolisitcCompetitionChapter10FactorMarkets(Varian,Chapter26)1.MonopolyintheOutputMarket2.MonopsonyChapter11Oligopoly(Varian,Chapter27)1.EquilibriumConceptinanOligopolisticMarket2.CournotEquilibrium3.TheStackelbergModel:First-MoverAdvantage4.PriceCompetition:BertrandModel5.CompetitionversusCollusionChapter12GameTheory(Varian,28)1.DominantStrategies2.NashEquilibriumRevisited3.MixedStrategies4.RepeatedGames5.SequentialGamesChapter13Exchange(Varian,29)1.TheEdgeworthBoxandTrade2.ParetoEfficientAllocations3.MarketTrade4.EquilibriumandEfficiency5.EfficiencyandEquilibriumChapter14GeneralEquilibriumwithProduction(Varian,29)1.TheRobinsonCrusoeEconomy2.ExtendedRobinsonCrusoeEconomy3.ProductionPossibilitiesandEfficiencyChapter15ExternalitiesandPublicGoods(Varian,32and35)1.AnExample:SmokersandNonsmokers2.ProductionExternalities3.SolutionstoExternalityProblem4.TheTragedyofCommons5.PublicGoodsIntermediateMicroeconomicsLi-AnZhouGuanghuaSchoolofManagement,PekingUniversitySpring,2018Chapter16AsymmetricInformation1.AsymmetricInformation:Overview2.AdverseSelectionandSignaling3.MoralHazardandIncentiveContracts
