Course title |
Economics (Ⅰ) |
Semester |
108-1 |
Designated for |
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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 |
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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) |
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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% |
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2. |
Midterm 2 |
35% |
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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 |
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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 |