ECON321-16S1 (C) Semester One 2016

Microeconomic Analysis

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2016
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2016
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 6 March 2016
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 22 May 2016

Description

This course follows on from the Intermediate Microeconomics sequence taught at stage 2. The primary focus is on applying fundamental mathematical tools and techniques for modelling standard microeconomics problems involving consumers, producers and markets. Techniques in both algebra and calculus will be used. The main objective is to show students how a selection of standard microeconomics problems can be modelled in terms of constrained optimisation, solving those problems, and above all, analysing the solutions.

Prerequisites

1) ECON207 or ECON203; and 2) MATH102 or MATH199; and 3) 15 points from STAT RP: ECON208

Recommended Preparation

Course Coordinator

Richard Watt

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Assignments 20% Four assignments
Final Exam 50%
Term test 30%

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $759.00

International fee $3,125.00

* 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 .

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