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Postgraduate Course: Models and Research Methods in Microeconomics (ECNM11061)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Economics CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis module, compulsory for all first year PGR students, is designed to introduce and cover in some depth a range of theoretical issues and techniques so as to broaden student's knowledge of microeconomics. The aim is to provide exposure to a wide variety of theoretical models and methods that may be used by graduate research students. It is not expected that any student would use more than one or two methods in their own research, and some may not use any of the methods covered, but awareness of the variety of economic research methods is viewed as an essential component of development as a graduate economist.
Course description The course is taught through a programme of interactive lectures. Learning-by-doing, through problem solving and discussion is an important ingredient of the course.
This module is designed to introduce and cover in some depth a range of theoretical issues and techniques so as to broaden student's knowledge of microeconomics. The aim is to provide exposure to a wide variety of theoretical models and methods that may be used by graduate research students. It is not expected that any student would use more than one or two methods in their own research, and some may not use any of the methods covered, but awareness of the variety of economic research methods is viewed as an essential component of development as a graduate economist.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements All first year PhD students in Economics will sit this course. External students must have the same qualifications as the PhD cohort namely a Distinction in coursework and dissertation from an MSc in analytical economics deemed equivalent to the MSc in Economics from Edinburgh. If pre-requisites are not met, students must seek permission of the course organiser.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Identify and use the relevant optimisation technique necessary to solve the model at hand, specify and solve economic models containing stochastic processes.
  2. Understand and know when to apply the relevant equilibrium concepts in microeconomics, understand and be able to use the implications of convexity and concavity of a set or a function, understand and use in models, the various types of convergence.
  3. Identify and understand how the techniques in the course have been applied in seminal papers in the microeconomics literature.
Reading List
There is no single text that covers all aspects of this course at an appropriate level. A variety of advanced readings will be used, mainly from economics journals.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Mariann Ollar
Tel:
Email: mollar@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Kalina Charvala
Tel: (0131 6)51 1795
Email: Kalina.Charvala@ed.ac.uk
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