讲义分析介绍ecn101c syllabus

LucFall2015Instructor:Luc:luc.hens@vub.ac.be.Ifyoumailmeconcerningthiscourse,write“Eco-nomicsforBusinessYourfirstnameYOURLASTNAME”inthesubjectline.Website:.Containscoursearesearchguide,linkstoothereconomicssites,previou ams,andmore.Officehours:Fridays14:00–16:00,RoomC217.DuringofficehoursIwillbepleasedtospeakwithstudentswithoutanappointment.Ifyouwouldliketoseemeatanothertime,pleasearrangeforanappointmentbeforeorafterclassorby week2:Thursday24September2015,6:00-10:00pm,roomweek3:Thursday1October2015,6:00-10:00pm,roomweek4:Thursday8October2015:noclass(master’sthesisweek5:Wednesday14October2015,6:00-10:00pm,roomweek6:Thursday22October2015,6:00-10:00pm,roomweek7:Wednesday28October2015,6:00-10:00pm,roomweek8:Friday6November2015,6:00-10:00pm,roo,CourseEconomicsforBusiness(3ECTScredits)introducesstudentspursuingagrad-uatedegreeinbusinesstothepriplesofeconomics.Topicsfrommicroe-conomicslude:supplyanddemand,elasticity,applicationsofsupplyanddemand,thecostsofproduction,firmsompetitivemarkets,monopoly.Thecourseconcludeswithashortsurveyofthemacroeconomicenvironment.CourseThiscourseaimstogivestudentsinbusinessanunderstandingofhowmar-ketswork,whatmakesmarketsmoreorlesscompetitive,andhowtheexternalenvironment(themacroeconomy)influencesafirm’sdecisions.CourseThiscourserequiresthatstudentsunderstandgraphsoftwovariablesinthex–ycoordinatesystem(MankiwandTaylor,2014,Chapter2,Appendix,pp.30–40).Reviewthismaterialonyourown.Alsoreadthehandoutonpercentagespostedonthecoursehomepage.Skill(2001,pp.232–233):Accesistingknowledge:Retrieveinformationonparticulartopicsandissuesineconomics.Locatepublishedresearchineco-nomicsandrelatedfields.Trackdowneconomicdataanddatasources.Findinformationaboutthegeneration,construction,andmeaningofeconomicdata.Disycommandofexistingknowledge:Exinkeyeconomicconceptsanddescribehowtheseconceptscanbeused.Writeaprecisofapublishedjournalarticle.Summarizeinatwo-minutethecurrentconditionoftheeconomyanditsoutlook.Summarizethepripalideasofaneminenteconomist.Elaboratearecentcontroversyintheeconomicsliture.Statethedimensionsofacurrenteconomicissue.Interpretexistingknowledge:Exinandevaluatewhateco-nomicconceptsandpriplesareusedineconomicysespub-lishedindailynewspapersandweeklynewsmagazines.Describehowtheseconceptsaidinunderstandingtheseyses.Dothesamefornontechnicalyseswrittenbyeconomistsforgeneralpurposepublications(...).Interpretandmanipulateeconomicdata:Exinhowtounder-standandinterpretnumericaldatafoundinpublishedtables(...).Beabletoidentifypatternsandtrendsinpublisheddata(...).Con-structtablesfromalreadyavailabledatatoillustrateaneconomicunemployment,prices,andGDP).Exinhowtoperformandin-terpretaregressionysisthatuseseconomicdata.TherequiredtextbookisMankiwandTaylor(2014)(ISBN978–1–4080–9379–5),availableintheVUBbookstoreandonamazon(amazon.co.ukoramazon.de,about76euro).Ifyouuseanolderedition,itisyourresponsibilitytocheckthecorrespondencweentheoldandneweditions.thenewssectionfromthecoursewebsiteandverifywhathappenedduringclassesyoumissed.suchasTheFinancialTimesorTheEconomist(aweekly).RegisterfortheFinancialTimesbygoingtotheVUBlibrarywebsite:>Databases>FYoushoulduseyourVUBmailaddressasyourusername.Once,youhavefullaccesstotheFinancialTimessite( ),andyoucaneverymorningdownloadapdfofthenewspaper:gotohttp clickontheEuropeanedition;thenclickonthefloppydiskicon(topright)anothergoodsourceofnews(limitedaccesson ).Ifyoupreferreadingthepaperversions,4uCampus( tradesubjects.Iregularlypostnewsupdatesonthecoursehomepage.Keepafilewithnewspaperclipsrelatedtoeconomicssubjects;trytoorganizethemaccordingtothechapterinMankiwandTaylor(2014)theyrelateto.Carefullyreadthematerialsindicatedinthecourseschedulebeforecomingtoclass.Economicsisasequentialsubject:newtopicsbuildonconceptsintro-ducedbefore,soitiscrucialtokeepupwiththematerialaswegoalongandtoregularlyreviewconcepts.IntheEuropeanCreditTransferSystem(ECTS)theclassmeetings:anA4notebookwithsquaredpaper,arulerwithacentimeterscale,amechanicalpencil,aneraser,somecoloredpencils.Notebooksofthehavetobringthetextbooktoclass.Attendingclassesaddsvalue:conceptsarereviewed,theoryisappliedtocurrentevents,andyoucanaskquestions.whatyoulearnedlass.Problemsofthiskindmaybepartoftheexamina-tion.Idon’tdistributethesolutions.Thereasonisthatfreshmanstudentsinanotherintroductoryeconomicsclasssolvetheseproblemsintutorialsessions.IfIdistributethesolutions,soonstudentswillbesittinginthetutorialswiththesolutionsinfrontofthemandtheywon’tlearntothinkforthemselves.YouandTaylor(2014)—inSalvatoreandDiulio(2012).Theoldereditionisfine,too.Youcanbuyitusedforacoupleofeurosatamazon.co.uk.EconomicsforBusinessusesamixofinctiveclassroomlecturesandlassproblemsets.Studentsareassessedonbasisofawrittenexam.Theexamconsistsoftwoparts.Thefirst,countingforaboutone ofthetotalgrade,asksyoutoexinbrieflyanumberofbasicconcepts.Thisisintendedtofindoutwhetheryouareabletospeaktheeconomist’slanguageaccuray.AlistoftermstobestudiedisludedinAppendixA.TheglossaryisinthebackofMankiwandTaylor(2014,pp.805–813).Thesecondpart(usuallythreequestions)asksyoutoapplywhatyouhavelearnedbyworkingcasestudiesorbycommentingatlengthonstatementsfromthebusinessandfinancialpress,usingtheeconomist’syticaltoolbox.Bringthefollowingthingstotheexam:pencilsorpens(notred),andarulerwithacentimeterscale.Puteverythinginatransparantresealable(Ziploc)sticbag.Nophonesorotherelectronicdevices,nocalculator,nopencilcases,nopaper,nofood,nopapertissues(useahandkerchief).A50clwaterbottleisallowedifyouremovethelabel.Don’tmailorcallmetoinquireaboutyourgrade—Idon’tgradesbymailorbyCourseConsultthecoursehomepageregularly(atleastonceaweek)forannounce-mentsandpossibleschedulechanges.Themateriallistedshouldbereadcare-fullybeforetheclassmeeting.Studythekeyconceptslistedat chapter.ThereisalistofconceptstobeknownforthefinalexaminAppendixReadcarefully:“HowToReadThisBook”(MankiwandTaylor,2014,Chapter1,p.14)and“Appendix:GraphingandtheToolsofEconomics:ABriefReview”(MankiwandTaylor,2014,Chapter2,pp.30–40).TheMarket sofSupplyandDemand(MankiwandTaylor,2014,chapter3).Skip:“FindingPriceandtyUsingAlgebra”(p.49),“TheAlgebraofSupply”(p.54),“TheAlgebraofMarketEquilibrium”(pp.59–62)andtherelatedproblem10p.71.Workproblems7and9.Elasticityanditsapplications(MankiwandTaylor,2014,chapter4).Skip:“UsingthePoinasticityofDemandMethod”(pp.75-76),“Otherdemandelasticities”(pp.81-82)and“FYI:TheMathematicsofElasticity”(pp.90–95).Workproblems4and5.Week3(Thursday1OctoberConsumers,Producers,andtheEfficiencyofMarkets(MankiwandTaylor,2014,Chapter7).Workproblems4,5,6,9(problemsofthiskindmaybepartoftheexamination).Supply,Demand,andernmentPolicies(MankiwandTaylor,2014,Chapter8).Skip:“AnAdValoremTaxonSellers”,“TheAlgebraofaSpecificTax”,“ElasticityandTax idence”(pp.194-197).Workproblems3,4,andTheTaxSystemandtheCostsofTaxation(MankiwandTaylor,2014,Chapter9).Onlypp.203–207;skiptherestofthechapter.Workproblem1.ExternalitiesandMarketFailure(MankiwandTaylor,2014,Chapter11).Skip:“PrivateSolutionstoExternalities”(pp.244–247),“Public/PrivatePoli-ciesToward ternalities”(pp.251–254)and“ ernmentFailure”(pp.254–259).Workproblems1,2and6.Noclass:master’sthesisFirmsinCompetitiveMarkets(MankiwandTaylor,2014,Chapter6).Skip:“CostsintheShortRunandintheLongRun”(pp.145–146),“ReturnstoScale”(pp.147–153),“TheFirm’sShort-RunDecisiontoShutDown”through“TheFirm’sLong-RunDecisiontoExitorEnteraMarket”(pp.157–159),and“TheLongRun:MarketSupplyandEntryandExit”through“Whythe1,3and8.Monopoly(MankiwandTaylor,2014,Chapter14).Skip“PriceDiscrimina-tion”(pp.303–306).Workproblems1and5.pp.22–23).(Otherchapterstobeannounced.)Writtenexam.Timeandcetobeannounced.Theexamcoversallthemateriallistedinthescheduleabove(evenifwedidn’tdiscussitintheclassmeetings).Bringthefollowingthingstotheexam:yourstudentID,ame-chanicalpencil,aneraser,abluepen,somecoloredpencilsorpens(notred),andarulerwithacentimeterscale.Puteverythinginatransparantresealable(Ziploc)sticbag.Nophonesorotherelectronicdevices,nocalculator,nopencilcases,nopaper,nofood,nopapertissues(useahandkerchief).A50clwaterbottleisallowedifyouremovethelabel. tion1ofthefinalexam.TheglossaryisinMankiwandTaylor(2014,pp.Chapter3:competitivemarket,substitutes,Chapter4:priceelasticityofdemand,priceelasticityofsupply,totalexpen-ditures,totalrevenue.ablecosts,marginalcost,marginalrevenue.Chapter8:Chapter11:externality,internalizinganexternality,ovianChapter14:monopoly,naturalChapter20:grossdomesticproduct(GDP),realGDP,nominalGDP,GDPChapter21:consumerpricesindex(CPI),inflationrate,nominalinterestrate,realinterestrate.Chapter26:centra financingrate,reserverequirements,moneymultiplierChapter29:tytheoryofmoney,shoeleather Chapter30:Hansen,W.L.(2001).Expectedproficienciesforundergraduateeconomicsmajors.JournalofEconomicEducation,32(3):231–242.Mankiw,N.G.andTaylor,M.P.(2014).Economics.CengageLearning,An-dover,3rdedition.Salvatore,D.andDiulio,E.(2012).Schaum’sOutlineofPr iplesofEco-nomics.Schaum’sOutlineSeries.McGraw-Hill,NewYork,2ndedition.LucHensVrijeUniversiteit2015年秋季商业经济学课程大联系讲师：LucHensluc.hens@vub.ac.be。如果您向我发送有关本课程的邮件，请在主题行中写上“商业经济学Your.rstnameYOURLASTNAME”。网站：220159246:00-10:00，D003第三周：20151016:00-10:00，D003第4周：2015年10月8日星期四：无课（硕士博览会）5201510146:00-10:00，QD6：2015106:00-10:00，D0037201510286:00-10:00pm，QD8：20151166:00-10:00（3ECTS）向攻读商业研究生的学生介绍经济学原理。微观经济学x-y（MankiwTaylor，2014230-40）。请自行查看此材料。另请阅读课程主页上发布的有关百分比的Hansen（2001232-233）中概述的前四种500）率、价格和GDP）之间的关系。解释如何执行和解释使用经济数据的回归分析。文本所需的教科书是MankiwandTaylor(2014)(ISBN978–1–4080–9379–5)，可在VUB书店和亚马逊上购买（amazon.co.ukamazon.de76）。如果您使用旧版本，您有责VUB图书馆网站注册《金融时报》：>数据库>F您应该使用您的VUB邮件地址作为您的用户名。注册后，您就可以完全访问《金融时报》网站()，并且每天早上都可以下载该报纸的pdf版本：访问http 洲版；然后单击.oppy磁盘图标（右上角）并选择“下载报纸PDF”。《经济学人》周刊是另一 程主页上发布新闻更新。保存与经济学主题相关的剪报的.le；尝试根据Mankiw和Taylor(2014)中与之相关的章节来组织它们。ECTS)375-90有方格纸的A4笔记本、一把有厘米刻度的尺子、一支自动铅笔、一块橡皮、一些彩色铅笔。Atoma品牌的笔记本允许您轻松添加、删除和重新组织页面。你不必把课本带到课堂上。我强烈鼓励您解决其他问题。在下面的课程表中，我列出了MankiwTaylor（2014）的章末问SalvatoreDiulio(2012)MankiwTaylor(2014)是.ne。您可以在amazon.co.uk上花几欧元购买二手货。AMankiwTaylor（2014805-813）的后面。第二部分（铅笔或钢笔（非红色）(Ziploc)料袋中。没有或其他电子设备，没有计算器，没有铅笔盒，没有纸，没有食物，没有纸巾（使用手帕）。如果撕掉标签，则可以使用50厘升的水瓶