Microeconomics

Website: http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~ysung/
Email: ysung@ntu.edu.tw
Office Hours: By appointment

9:10-12noon Thursday, Room 418 of Agriculture Hall in the Main Campus

Classroom etiquette:

• You may enter or leave the classroom at will, but please do it quietly.
• You are welcome to bring drinks to the classroom. But, no smelly food, please.
• Turn off your mobile phone before class begins.
• No conversation or phone calls during the exams.

Being capable of logical reasoning.
Having access to the Internet.

• Closed-book in-class midterm exam (50%)
• Closed-book in-class final exam (50%)

Please also note that:

• You may bring two pages of personal notes (A4 size, content of your own choice) to the exams.
• Your class attendance record will not affect your course grade in any way.
  But, if you miss classes for no reason, do not come ask for mercy when you fail the exams.
• Class grades will be consistently adjusted to have a mean between 80 and 85.
  To be sure, no adjustment of course grades will affect your class ranking.

Optional Term Paper:

Those who like to submit a term paper for extra points are welcome to do so. You can pick any topic you like that is related to the course materials. It is due the last day of class, and is worth up to 5 points, depending on its quality and the amount of effort you put in.
The paper should include an introduction to the issue/problem, your analysis and policy suggestions, and a list of your reference sources.
*** This optional paper is not a substitute for midterm or final exam.
*** Please do not copy paragraphs from news media or other Internet sources.

1. Principles and Applications of Economics, M. Lieberman and R.E. Hall, 2008, Thomson:South-Western (華泰進口)
2. Principles of Economics, N.G. Mankiw, 2007(4e), Thomson:South-Western (華泰進口)

1. Armchair Economist, S.E. Landsburg, 1995, Touchstone Reprint (中文版：《生命中的經濟遊戲》，時報出版)
2. New Ideas from Dead Economists, T.G. Buchholz, 1999, Penguin USA (中文版：《經濟大師不死》，先覺出版)
3. Law's Order, D.D. Friedman, 2000, Princeton University Press (中文版：《經濟學與法律的對話》，先覺出版)
4. From Here to Economy, T.G. Buchholz, 1996, Plume (中文版：《經濟學的第一堂課》，先覺出版)
5. Fair Play, S.E. Landsburg, 1997, Free Press (中文版：《公平賽局》，金錢文化)
6. More Sex is Safer Sex, S.E. Landsburg, 2007, Free Press (中文版：《反常識經濟學》，時報出版)
7. Hidden Order, D.D. Friedman, 1996, Harper Business
8. Micromotives and Macrobehavior, T.C. Schelling, 1978, W.W. Norton

• Introduction (9/18) [參考閱讀：《經濟學的第一堂課》，第 3~4 章]
• Comparative Advantage (9/25) [參考閱讀：《經濟學的第一堂課》，第 5 章]
• Demand and Supply: Housing Market Equilibrium and Policy (10/2. 10/9)
• Consumer Theory: Preferences and Choices (10/16, 10/23)
• Producer Theory: Costs and Profits (10/30, 11/6, 11/13)
  In-class Midterm Exam: 11/20
• Market Efficiency and Pareto Optimality (11/27)
• Market Imperfection: Monopoly (12/4)
• Game Theory (12/11) [參考閱讀：《經濟學與法律的對話》，第 8 章]
• Social Choice Theory (12/18, 12/25)
• Externality, Information, and Uncertainty (1/8) [參考閱讀：《經濟學與法律的對話》，第 3~5 章]
  In-class Final Exam: 1/15

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Fall 2008

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