《微观经济学》(双语)课程教学大纲

1、微观经济学 （双语）课程教学大纲课程名称：课程名称：微观经济学 （Microeconomics） 课程编码：课程编码：20711002学学 时时：64 学时 学学 分分：4 学分开课学期开课学期：第 2 学期课程类别课程类别：必修课程性质课程性质：专业基础课适用专业：国贸、经济学、统计、适用专业：国贸、经济学、统计、工商管理、市场营销先修课程先修课程：高等数学 教教 材材：经济学 （影印版第 15 版） ，坎贝尔 R. 麦克南(Campbell R.McConnell)，斯坦利 L. 布鲁(Stanley L. Brue)著，高等教育出版社，2002 年 10 月第 15 版。一、课程的性质、

2、目的与任务：一、课程的性质、目的与任务：本课程是专为经济管理类专业本科生开设的采用双语教学的基础课程，旨在阐明微观经济学的基本理论、基本方法、基本技能。通过本课程的学习可以使学生在掌握微观经济学基本理论内容的基础上，提高学生的抽象思维能力和逻辑思维能力，培养学生运用经济学的分析方法分析问题和解决问题的能力，并使学生了解某些西方经济理论对我国当前的经济改革和开放的借鉴作用，帮助学生理解当今经济生活中的各种现象，特别是认识政府各项微观经济政策的理论背景，提高预见这些政策的现实影响的能力，为后续课程和实际工作打下坚实的基础。二、基本要求：二、基本要求：CHAPTER 1 An Introductio

3、n to Economics1.要求理解 Scarcity; Efficiently; The Production-Possibility Frontier; Opportunity cost; Inputs and outputs.2.要求了解 Why study economics? What is Economics? The three problems of Economic organization.CHAPTER 2 Individual Markets1.要求熟练掌握 The demand curve; Behind the demand curve; A change in

4、 demand; 2.要求熟练掌握 The supply curve; Behind the supply curve; A change in supply.3.要求熟练掌握 Equilibrium with supply and demand curves; Effect of a shift in supply or demand.CHAPTER 3 Elasticities and Government-Set Price1.要求熟练掌握 Price elasticity of demand; Calculating elasticity; Elasticity and revenue

5、; The Paradox of the Bumper Harvest.2.要求熟练掌握 Price elasticity of supply.3.要求熟练掌握 Minimum Floors and Maximum Ceilings.4.要求了解 Impact of a Tax on Price and Quantity.CHAPTER 4 Consumer Behavior and Utility Maximization1.要求了解 Cardinal Utility and Ordinal Utility.2.要求熟练掌握 Utility; Marginal Utility;The law

6、 of diminishing marginal utility.3.要求熟练掌握 Equimarginal Principle.4.要求掌握 The paradox of value.5.要求了解 Consumer surplus.6.要求掌握 Geometrical analysis of consumer equilibrium; Indifference Curve; Budget line; The equilibrium position of tangency.7. 要求掌握 Income effect and Substitution effect.CHAPTER 5 The

7、Costs of Production 1.要求了解 The product function; Productive factors.2.要求熟练掌握 Total product; Average product; Marginal product.3.要求熟练掌握 The law of diminishing returns 4.要求掌握 Returns to scale; Short run and long run.5.要求了解 Business Organization.6.要求掌握 Total cost; Fixed cost; Variable cost.7.要求熟练掌握 Def

8、inition of marginal cost.8.要求熟练掌握 Average Cost; Average Fixed Cost; Average Variable Cost.9.要求熟练掌握 The link between production and cost.10.要求掌握 The basic concepts of cost: Opportunity Cost; Explicit Cost and Implicit cost; Economic profit and normal profit.6.要求掌握 Production with two variable inputs;

9、 Equal-product curve; Equal-cost line; Least-Cost conditions.CHAPTER 6 Pure Competition1.要求了解 The market structure.2.要求熟练掌握 The conditions of Perfect Competitive Market.3.要求掌握 Behavior of a competitive firm; Competitive supply where marginal cost equals price; Total cost and shutdown condition.4.要求掌

10、握 Short-run equilibrium; Supply behavior in competitive industries.5.要求掌握 The long run for a competitive industry.6. 要求了解 Special case of competitive markets; Efficiency and equity of competitive markets.CHAPTER 7 Pure Monopoly1.要求了解 Definition of imperfect competition; Varieties of imperfect Compet

11、itions.2.要求掌握 Sources of market imperfections.3.要求掌握 The concept of marginal revenue; Profit-maximizing conditions; Monopoly equilibrium in graphs.4.要求掌握 The marginal principle.CHAPTER 8 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly1.要求掌握 The nature of imperfect competition.2.要求了解 Collusive Oligopoly.3.要求掌

12、握 Monopolistic Competition.4.要求了解 Game theory.5.要求了解 Control innovation, and information; A balance sheet on imperfect competition.CHAPTER 9 The Demand for Resources1.要求了解 Income and Wealth.2.要求掌握 Input pricing by Marginal Productivity.CHAPTER 10 Wage Determination1.要求了解 Fundamentals of Wage Determi

13、nation.2.要求了解 Land and Rent.3.要求了解 Capital and Interest. 三、教学内容三、教学内容CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to EconomicsA What is Economics?B The economic way of thinking.C Microeconomics and MacroeconomicsD Overview of MicroeconomicsCHAPTER 2 Individual MarketsA DemandB SupplyC Market EquilibriumCHAPTER 3 Elast

14、icities and Government-Set PriceA Price Elasticity of DemandB Price Elasticity of SupplyC Cross Elasticity and Income Elasticity of DemandD Government-Set PriceCHAPTER 4 Consumer Behavior and Utility MaximizationA A Closer Look at the Law of DemandB Theory of Consumer BehaviorC Utility Maximization

15、and the Demand CurveD Applications and ExtensionAppendix to Chapter4: Indifference Curve AnalysisCHAPTER 5 The Costs of ProductionA Economic CostsB Short-Run Production RelationshipsC Short-Run Production CostsD Long-Run Production CostsCHAPTER 6 Pure Competition A Four Markets ModelsB Pure Competit

16、ion: Characteristics and OccurrenceC Demand as Seen by a Purely Competitive SellerD Profit Maximization in the Short-Run E Marginal Cost and Short-Run SupplyF Profit Maximization in the Long-RunG Pure Competition and EfficiencyChapter 7 Pure MonopolyA An Introduction to Pure MonopolyB Barriers to En

17、tryC Monopoly Demand D Output and Price DeterminationE Economic Effects of MonopolyF Price DiscriminationG Regulated MonopolyCHAPTER 8 Monopolistic Competition and OligopolyA Monopolistic CompetitionB Price and Output in Monopolistic CompetitionC Monopolistic Competition and EfficiencyD OligopolyE O

18、ligopoly Behavior: A Game-Theory OverviewF Three Oligopoly ModelsCHAPTER 9 The Demand for ResourcesCHAPTER 10 Wage Determination四、四、课程学时分配课程学时分配内 容课内讲授实验合计1. An Introduction to Economics222. Individual Markets883. Elasticities and Government-Set Price884. Consumer Behavior and Utility Maxi- mization

19、665. Appendix: Indifference Curve Analysis446. The Costs of Production10107. Pure Competition668. Pure Monopoly889. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly6610. The Demand for Resources2211. Wage Determination44共 计6464五、课程习题的要求五、课程习题的要求微观经济学的习题大致有基本概念题，如对于机会成本、需求、供给、效用等经济名词的掌握；基本理论题，如对于边际效用递减规律、边际报酬递减规律、规模报酬等基本理论的理解，以及能够用其解释经济现象；基本技能题，如画图分析和计算，能够运用基本的分析方法来进行经济决策；以及综合应用题，如案例分析。通过大量习题训练，主要培养学生掌握经济学基本的分析方法和技巧，提高学生分析问题、解决问题的能力，以适应后续课的需要及课程本身的需要。基于微观经济学本身的特点、每次授课以后都要留适量的习题，保证基本要求的实现，其习题数量大致为。1. An Introduction to Econom