Course Co-ordinator: Professor E Phimister

Pre-requisite(s): EC 2003 Intermediate Microeconomics EC 3001 Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Economics. Students must be in Programme Year 4.

This course examines a number of important topics in microeconomics in greater depth than the microeconomics course at level two. In the first part of the course both the consumer's and producer's problem are examined using a number of analytical tools developed in EC 3001. The second part of the course considers market structure and general equilibrium theory in more detail. The third section focuses on the economics of uncertainty and game theory.

1 two-hour and 1 one-hour lecture per week (to be arranged), 1 one-hour tutorial class every week (to be arranged).

1st Attempt: 1 three-hour examination (70%); continuous assessment (30%) consisting of four in-class tests.

Resit: None.