Postgraduate Course: Microeconomics 2 (ECNM11025)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Economics |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Economics |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.sgpe.ac.uk |
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| Course description |
To give students a command of the main tools of microeconomic analysis, so that they can undertake advanced work in areas such as industrial economics, public economics, labour economics, environmental economics, international economics and finance; and to show how such microeconomic analysis can be applied in making the transition from theoretical models to empirical/policy models. An introduction to models of information and incentives, including adverse selection, signalling and screening. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Microeconomics 1 (ECNM11023)
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
Must be registered for MSc Economics (C0180) & MSc Economics (Finance)(C0182) or by special permission of the Programme Director
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Block 3 (Sem 2), Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-6 | 10:00 - 12:00 | | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-6 | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Knowledge and understanding of adverse selection, moral hazard and screening. Knowledge and understanding of the main models that describe the impact of these concepts on goods and labour markets including the seminal models of Spence and Ackerlof. |
Assessment Information
| Final examination in the in the April/May diet, counting for 100% of the final mark. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Andy Snell
Tel: (0131 6)50 3848
Email: a.j.snell@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Marie Craft
Tel: (0131 6)51 1764
Email: marie.craft@ed.ac.uk |
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