Course Information
Course title
Economics (Ⅰ) 
Semester
108-1 
Designated for
 
Instructor
SUN-TAK KIM 
Curriculum Number
ECON1006 
Curriculum Identity Number
303E22130 
Class
04 
Credits
3.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Elective 
Time
Wednesday 6,7,8(13:20~16:20) 
Remarks
The upper limit of the number of students: 80. 
Ceiba Web Server
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1081ECON1006_04 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

This course introduces basic economic models and principles of individual decision-making and market interactions.  

Course Objective
Students can learn how to think with basic economic concepts such as incentives, trade-offs, and marginal cost and benefits and apply these to the analysis of individual decision making in the market. 
Course Requirement
Basic geometric analysis and logical thinking 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
Wed. 16:20~18:00
Mon. 13:50~15:50 Note: Social Science Bldg #849 (Wed); TA Office #651 (Mon) 
Designated reading
Mankiw, Principles of Economics 
References
Acemoglu, Laibson and List, Economics
Buchholz and Feldstein, New Ideas from Dead Economists 
Grading
 
No.
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. 
Midterm 1 
35% 
 
2. 
Midterm 2 
35% 
 
3. 
Final Exam 
35% 
Count the best two exam scores; one exam is optional (but still allowed to take all three exams) 
4. 
Homework 
20% 
Given regularly; late submission subject to penalty 
5. 
Class Participation 
10% 
Attendance, discussion, classroom experiments 
 
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
09/11  Ten Principles of Economics (Ch.1) 
Week 2
09/18  Thinking like an Economist (Ch.2) 
Week 3
09/25  Interdependence and Gains from Trade (Ch.3) 
Week 4
10/02  Market Forces of Supply and Demand (Ch.4) 
Week 5
10/09  Midterm 1 
Week 6
10/16  Elasticity and its Application (Ch.5) 
Week 7
10/23  Supply, Demand and Government Policy (Ch.6) 
Week 8
10/30  Consumer, Producer and Efficiency of Market (Ch.7) 
Week 9
11/06  Application: Tax and International Trade (Ch.8,9) 
Week 10
11/13  Market Failure: Externalities and Public Goods (Ch.10,11) 
Week 11
11/20  Midterm 2 
Week 12
11/27  Cost of Production (Ch.13) 
Week 13
12/04  Firms in Competitive Markets (Ch.14) 
Week 14
12/11  Monopoly (Ch.15) 
Week 15
12/18  Monopolistic Competition (Ch.16) 
Week 16
12/25  Oligopoly (Ch.17) 
Week 17
01/01  New Year's day