HU Credits: 4

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Environmental Economics & Management

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: English

Campus: Rehovot

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Ziv Bar Shira

Coordinator Email: ziv.barshira@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Tuesday 16:00-17:00

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Ziv Bar-Shira

Course/Module description:
Analyzing the behavior of agents like companies and consumers. Consumer and producer theory and the concept of general equilibrium, advanced topics in games and information, and the problems of asymmetric information.

Course/Module aims:
Expand the knowledge in advanced topics related to the theory of consumer and producer. Learn on social issues and expand market concepts related uncertainty, risks.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Handle problems related to welfare economy
Decide in uncertainty situations
Modeland analyze economic situations formally.

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: lectures and exercises

Course/Module Content:
producer theory
customer theory
general equilibrium
Information Economics

Required Reading:
Varian Hal R., Microeconomic Analysis, Third Edition

Additional Reading Material:
Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D Whinston, Jerry Green.
Microeconomic Theory. Oxford University Press. 1995

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 76 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 12 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 12 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
None