Microeconomics II

Subject 316-650 (2008)

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Credit Points: 12.500
Level: Graduate/Postgraduate
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2008.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Seminars or lectures and tutorials totalling three hours per week (Semester 2).
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: 316-611 Microeconomics.
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Subject Overview:

Special attention is paid to the analysis of strategic behaviour and interactions of economic agents using the methods of game theory; the study of basic tools and methods of game theory will constitute the first part of the course (at least 5-6 weeks). The course will cover several other areas in microeconomics such as informational economics, the theory of contracts and organisations, economic design.

THIS SUBJECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FROM THE SEMESTER2 2008 HANDBOOKASOF3JUNE2008.

Assessment: Assignments totalling not more than 3000 words and seminar presentation (30%) and a 2-hour examination (70%).
Prescribed Texts: None
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
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Generic Skills: On successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
  • Formulate and analyse games in strategic and extensive form;
  • Explain solution concepts by constructing simple examples;
  • Analyse solutions in which agents bargain with each other;
  • Analyse games in which agents cooperate;
  • Synthesise the non-cooperative foundations of cooperative game theory.

On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:

  • Evaluation of ideas, views and evidence
  • Synthesis of ideas, views and evidence
  • Strategic thinking
  • Critical thinking
  • Application of theory to economic policy and business decision making
  • Accessing economic and other information
  • Summary and interpretation of information
  • Statistical reasoning
  • Problem solving skills
  • Negotiation and bargaining
  • Written communication

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