ECON208-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Intermediate Microeconomics - Firms and Markets

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

ECON208 is one of two intermediate microeconomics courses which build on the concepts learned in ECON104. The initial topic is analysing the decision making of perfectly competitive businesses. Specifically, how production processes and the price of inputs influence the output decisions of businesses. All other topics look at what happens when perfect competition fails to hold. The focus is on people and businesses acting strategically and what happens when businesses exploit market power.

Prerequisites

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 11:00 - 12:00 E8 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00 A2 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 10:00 - 11:00 A2 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Drop in Class A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 Jane Soons 602
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
02 Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 Jack Erskine 235
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
03 Tuesday 14:00 - 15:00 Ernest Rutherford 260
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
04 Wednesday 09:00 - 10:00 Jack Erskine 235
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
05 Friday 15:00 - 16:00 Jane Soons 602
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
06 Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00 Jack Erskine 235
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
07 Monday 16:00 - 17:00 Jane Soons 602
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
08 Monday 15:00 - 16:00 Jack Erskine 235
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun

Course Coordinator

Philip Gunby

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Problem sets 15%
Essay 25%
Final exam 35%
Test 25%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $946.00

International fee $4,363.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .

All ECON208 Occurrences

  • ECON208-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025