Course detail
Microeconomics
FSI-HMIAcad. year: 2020/2021
This course is designed to acquaint student with the basic tools of microeconomics. Economics is the study of how society allocates its scarce resources, and microeconomics is the study of the behaviour of households and firms, whose collective decisions determine how resources are allocated in a free market economy.
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A final exam consists of:
• written exam - student has to obtain at least 35 pts from 65 pts (approximately 12-15 exam questions)
• oral exam – student could obtain 10 pts (2 oral questions)
A final scale for a valuation of student (a student can obtain max. 25 pts from seminars, 65 pts from written exam and 10 pts from oral exam, total 100 pts):
A: 90 - 100 pts
B: 80 - 89 pts
C: 70 - 79 pts
D: 60 - 69 pts
E: 50 - 59 pts
F: less then 50 pts
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Basic literature
GANS, Joshua, et al. Principles of economics. Cengage Learning, 2011. (EN)
KEŘKOVSKÝ, M.; LUŇÁČEK, J. Úvod do mikroekonomie (s využitím prvků distančního studia). Praha: C. H. Beck, 2012. 216 s. ISBN: 978-80-7179-365- 6. (CS)
LUŇÁČEK, J. Ekonomie v řízení strojírenské výroby. Ekonomie v řízení strojírenské výroby. 1. Brno: MSD spol. s r.o., 2009. s. 1-199. ISBN: 978-80-7392-107- 1. (CS)
WEBSTER, Thomas J. Managerial Economics: Tools for Analyzing Business Strategy. 2014. (EN)
Recommended reading
HINDLS, Richard, et al. Statistika pro ekonomy. Professional publishing, 2007.
MYERSON, Roger B. Game theory. Harvard university press, 2013. (EN)
Elearning
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Lecture
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The Basic of Supply and Demand
Equlibrium of the firm
Consumer equlibrium
Markets for Factor Inputs
Exercise
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Scarceness and allocation of economics resources. Production factors. Using a graph in microeconomics.
Individual and Market Demand
The Cost of Production
The Analysis of Competitive Markets
Consumer Behaviour
Markets for Factor Inputs
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Elearning