科目ナンバー

GM-OM1-GC04

履修条件・関連科目等

授業で使用する言語

英語

授業で使用する言語（その他の言語）

授業の概要

This course will introduce the tools of microeconomic analysis that will give students insight into how economic models can help to interpret the real-world phenomena. The topics include supply and demand interaction, utility maximization, profit maximization, perfect competition and efficiency, monopoly power, imperfect competition, game theory, and asymmetric information. This course develops a coherent framework, i.e., economic models, to analyze and organize observed economic phenomena. The students are expected to build logical thinking ability that helps explain and predict a wide variety of economic issues.

科目目的

Students who successfully complete the following two criteria will receive a grade of B or better.
(or, upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to

1. Demonstrate a rigorous understanding of microeconomic theory.
2. Develop quantitative skills in formulating the economic behaviors of consumers and firms using calculus
3. Compare arguments concerning business and politics, and make good conjectures regarding the alternative options
4. Understand the textbook written in English, and explain/discuss how to derive solutions in English

到達目標

1. Demonstrate a rigorous understanding of microeconomic theory.
2. Develop quantitative skills in formulating the economic behaviors of consumers and firms using calculus.
3. Compare arguments concerning business and politics, and make good conjectures regarding the alternative options.
4. Understand the textbook written in English, and explain/discuss how to derive solutions in English.

授業計画と内容

Week 01 Course Outline;
Ch02. Thinking Like an Economist;
Ch03. Interdependence and the Gains from Trade.

Week 02 Ch05. Elasticity and Its Application.

Week 03 Ch06. Supply, Demand, and Government Policies.

Week 04 Ch07. Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets.

Week 05 Chapter review #1

Week 06 Ch09. Application - International Trade

Week 07 Ch10. Externalities.

Week 08 Ch11. Public Goods and Common Resources

Week 09 Chapter review #2;
Guest Speech**

Week 10 Ch13. The Costs of Production.

Week 11 Ch14. Firms in Competitive Markets.

Week 12 Ch15. Monopoly.

Week 13 Ch17. Oligopoly.

Week 14 Course consolidation

**A guest speech is scheduled during Week 9-10 (the exact date of speech is to be announced). Students are expected to attend the speech and submit a speech report.*

授業時間外の学修の内容

指定したテキストやレジュメを事前に読み込むこと／授業終了後の課題提出

授業時間外の学修の内容（その他の内容等）

授業時間外の学修に必要な時間数／週

・毎週１回の授業が半期（前期または後期）または通年で完結するもの。１週間あたり４時間の学修を基本とします。
・毎週２回の授業が半期（前期または後期）で完結するもの。１週間あたり８時間の学修を基本とします。

成績評価の方法・基準

成績評価の方法・基準（備考）

課題や試験のフィードバック方法

授業時間内で講評・解説の時間を設ける／授業時間に限らず、manabaでフィードバックを行う

課題や試験のフィードバック方法（その他の内容等）

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容

PBL（課題解決型学習）／ディスカッション、ディベート

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容（その他の内容等）

授業におけるICTの活用方法

その他

授業におけるICTの活用方法（その他の内容等）

PC, internet, MindTap, and Manaba.

実務経験のある教員による授業

はい

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験の内容

Academic Experience:
1. Professor, Chuo University, Japan
2. Associate Professor and Director, University of Colorado Denver, USA
3. Assistant Professor, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
4. Research/Teaching Assistant, Boston University & University of Connecticut, USA

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験に関連する授業内容

Industry Experience:
1. Independent Board Director
2. Financial Director
3. Vice General Manager
4. Senior Financial Analyst
5. Research Associate

テキスト・参考文献等

Required textbook (the same textbook you have used in the "Introductory Economics"):

"Principles of Economics", N. Gregory Mankiw, Tenth Edition
Publisher: Cengage Publishing

Please purchase a copy of the textbook at the university bookstore. The online MindTap course ware must be bundled. If you use a second-hand textbook, you may not have access to MindTap.

その他特記事項

Class attendance is mandatory and will be a part of participation in the grading criteria. No make-up exams will be given except for medical reasons.

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