Type A
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Code |
Competences Specific | | A1 |
Understand the basic micro-and macroeconomic principles involved in business management.
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Type B
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Code |
Competences Transversal | | B1 |
Learning to learn |
| B7 |
Sensitivity to environmental issues |
Type C
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Code |
Competences Nuclear | | C1 |
Have an intermediate mastery of a foreign language, preferably English |
| C4 |
Be able to express themselves correctly both orally and in writing in one of the two official languages of the URV |
Type A
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Code |
Learning outcomes |
| A1 |
Explain and analyze the perfect competition market.
Analyze the effects of market failures in competitive markets.
Understand how local and national markets integrate into the international market.
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Type B
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Code |
Learning outcomes |
| B1 |
Put into practice the approaches, methods and experiments put forward by the teaching staff in a disciplined fashion.
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Coneix el concepte de desenvolupament sostenible
Identify the problems and consequences of sustainable development.
Acquire the skills and attitudes required to integrate the concept of sustainable development into decision taking.
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Type C
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Code |
Learning outcomes |
| C1 |
Understand instructions about classes or tasks assigned by the teaching staff.
| | C4 |
Produce written texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation
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Topic |
Sub-topic |
BASIC CONCEPTS |
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1. Introduction |
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2. Demand |
Components
Elasticity
Market demand
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3. Supply |
Components
Elasticity
Market demand
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4. Market equilibrium |
Equilibrium and market forces
Comparative statics
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FIRMS AND CONSUMERS BEHAVIOR |
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5. The theory of consumer choice |
The budget constraint
Consumer's preferences
The consumer's optimal choice
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6. Firms in competitive markets |
The production function and total costs curve
Profit maximization
Competitive firm's supply curve
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EFFICIENCY AND WELFARE ECONOMICS |
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7. The efficiency of markets |
Consumer surplus and producer surplus
Market efficiency
Efficiency and international trade
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8. Government intervention |
Price ceilings and floors
Taxes and subsidies on quantities
Tax incidence over consumers and producers
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9. Income inequality |
The measurement of inequality
Policies to reduce poverty
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MARKET FAILURE |
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10. Externalities |
Externalities and market inefficiency
Public policies toward externalities
Private solutions to externalities
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11. Public goods |
The different kinds of goods
The importance of property rights
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12. The problem of incomplete information |
Different types of information failure
Asymmetric information
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Methodologies :: Tests |
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Competences |
(*) Class hours
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Hours outside the classroom
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(**) Total hours |
Introductory activities |
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2 |
1 |
3 |
Lecture |
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37 |
37 |
74 |
Problem solving, exercises |
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13 |
34 |
47 |
Personal tuition |
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2 |
0 |
2 |
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Mixed tests |
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1 |
10 |
11 |
Practical tests |
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1 |
4 |
5 |
Objective multiple-choice tests |
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4 |
4 |
8 |
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(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. |
Methodologies
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Description |
Introductory activities |
Presentation of the course (program, method, evaluation, etc.) |
Lecture |
Presentation in class of the theory and methods |
Problem solving, exercises |
Analysis of problems and exercises related to the subjects of the course, made by the students (outside the classroom) and the professor (in class). |
Personal tuition |
Personalized attention to clarify doubts (at the beginning of the period of teaching, each professor will indicate specific weekly hours). |
Description |
Personalized attention to clarify doubts (at the beginning of the period of teaching, each professor will indicate specific weekly hours). |
Methodologies |
Competences
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Description |
Weight |
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Objective multiple-choice tests |
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Resolution of multiple choice questions throughout the semester. |
40% |
Mixed tests |
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Final exam on the official date: Resolution of multiple choice questions, short questions and/or exercises |
50% |
Practical tests |
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Solving cases, experiments, etc., throughout the semester |
10% |
Others |
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Other comments and second exam session |
Comment about the 1st call (continuous evaluation): At the end of the semester there is a final exam representing 50% of the continuous evaluation. Regardless of what the marks obtained in the other tests of continuous evaluation, approving the final exam is a necessary condition to pass the subject. Comment about the 2nd call: consist of an examination that will worth 100% of the final grade. This test is based on the resolution of multiple choice questions, short questions and/or exercises. During the conduct of examinations it is NOT allowed the use calculators, communication devices and other data transmission mechanisms. Spelling and grammatical mistakes in the assessment tests will be penalized with a reduction of the grade. |
Basic |
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BERNANKE, B. S. y FRANK, R. H.: Principles of Economics., 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2008. Krugman, P.; Wells, R. i Graddy, K. (2014): Fundamentos de Economía. 3ª edició. Ed. Reverté, Barcelona MANKIW, N. Gregory: Principles of Economics. 4th ed.,
Elsevier, 2008. Samuelson, P. and Nordhaus, W. D., 17th
ad., Economics., Ed. McGrawHill. Schiller,
B. R. and Hill, C., Essentials of Economics, 9th Edition. Ed. McGrawHill. |
Complementary |
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(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation. |
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