授業科目名 年度 学期 開講曜日・時限 学部・研究科 全担当教員 単位数
13021:[2025 春セメスター]IR18‐EE223 Microeconomics(RA) § 13022:RUIR-2212 Microeconomics(RA) 2025 春セメスター 火3 国際関係学部 王 通 2

キャンパス

衣笠

授業施設

恒心館KS201号教室

授業で利用する言語

英語

授業の概要と方法

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This course covers basic microeconomics theories, including consumer choice, the theory of the firm, and the concept of equilibrium. This course also provides instructions on how to apply these theories to practical policy issues in the society. Also, this class will implement the concepts and theories to real world issues to analyze specific cases in economics.

受講生の到達目標

Students are expected to understand fundamental microeconomic theory, which can prepare students for further studies and also applied to practical issues. Through solid training in through lectures and problem sets and exams, students are expected to master economic concepts such as supply and demand, consumer theories and supply theories, which not only can be used onto practical issues, but also train students with logical and rigorous thinking patterns for academics.

事前に履修しておくことが望まれる科目

授業スケジュール

授業回数/
担当教員（複数担当の場合） 		テーマ
キーワード・文献・補足事項等

1. Introduction

Overview of the course, microeconomics, macroeconomics, and their relations.
Logical thinking - causal and causation. What’s economics all about and the root of international conflicts? Scarcity.

2. Budget Constraint

Budget Constraint, Consumption bundle, budget set, budget line. How people make decisions under resource-limits? (Varan Ch 2)

3. Preferences

(Varian Ch 3) Strictly prefer, weakly prefer, complete, reflexive, transitive, indifference curve, marginal rate of substitution

4. Utility

 (Varian Ch 4) Ordinal utility, cardinal utility, marginal utility, Cobb-Douglas

5. Choice

(Varian Ch ５) Optimal choice, boundary optimum, interior optimum, demand function

6. Demand 1: Changes in Income

(Varian Ch 6) Engle curve, normal good, inferior good, Giffen good

7. Demand 2: Income and substitution

(Varian Ch 7) Revealed preference, quasi-linear

8. Midterm Exam

9. Consumer Surplus

(Varian Ch 14) Gross consumer surplus, net consumer surplus, deadweight loss, welfare

10. Technology

 (Varian Ch 18) Capital, production function, technical rate of substitution

11. Profit Maximization

(Varian Ch 19) Profit, factor, isoprofit line

12. Cost minimization

(Varian Ch 20, 21) cost function, average cost function, fixed cost function

13. Firm Supply

 (Varian Ch 22) Producer surplus

14. Final Exam

授業実施形態

Face to face lectures

授業外学習の指示

Recommendations for Private Study

成績評価方法

種別 割合(%) 評価基準等
定期試験（筆記） 0

レポート試験
（統一締切日を締切とするレポート）		 0

上記以外の試験・レポート、平常点評価
（日常的な授業における取組状況の評価）		 100

4 problem sets, In class midterm exam, In class final exam

成績評価方法(備考)

Problem Sets: 20%
Midterm Exam: 35%
Final Exam: 45%

受講および研究に関するアドバイス

教科書

教科書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考書

参考書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考になるwwwページ

授業内外における学生・教員間のコミュニケーションの方法

学生との直接対話

備考

【科目ナンバリング・カリキュラムマップはこちらから/Click here to see the Curriculum-Map and Course-Numbering】
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