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48981-01 - Vorlesung: Intensive Introduction to Intermediate Economics 6 KP

Semester Herbstsemester 2024
Angebotsmuster Jedes Herbstsemester
Dozierende Dragan Ilic (dragan.ilic@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn)
Inhalt This course introduces the basic building blocks of modern economic analysis. Aimed for non-economists, it is a crash course in economic thinking. In the first, shorter part of the course we delve into basic economic concepts such as the modeling the market forces of supply and demand, thinking at the margin, efficiency, comparative advantage in trade, externalities, public goods, and measuring GDP. The second, more mathematical part of the course revolves around microeconomic theory. We will study how consumers and producers, interacting through markets, determine the prices and output of goods and the allocation of productive resources. Consumers and producers are formally modeled as agents with well-defined objectives who make optimal choices in an environment of economic constraints such as income and costs. The price mechanism signals information to consumers and producers alike, coordinating their behavior.
This course will contain both lectures and exercise sessions. Course material will be provided through the ADAM webspace.
Lernziele The course aims to provide students with no economic background with the required foundation in economic analysis and theory for tackling more advanced economic courses. After completing the course, students should be able to think critically about methodological and economic issues. Students should be able to explain and interpret economic phenomena with the language and approach of economic reasoning.
Literatur Two textbooks provide the foundation for this class:
Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, "Modern Principles of Economics," Third Edition (Worth Publishers, 2016)
Jeffrey M. Perloff, "Microeconomics with Calculus," Third (Global) Edition (Pearson Education, 2013)

For laypersons, these two books provide an excellent and easy to read introduction into economic thinking and the value of economic modeling:
Tim Harford, "The Undercover Economist," (Little, Brown and Company, 2005; various reprints)
Dani Rodrik, "Economics Rules," (W.W. Norton & Company, 2016)
Bemerkungen This is primarily an on-site lecture, but I will stream all lectures via Zoom and also upload the videos to my Dropbox afterwards. I highly encourage on-site participation, though - at least once a week.
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Teilnahmebedingungen I place high value on intuition, but this course is necessarily technical in nature. I expect you to have a solid background in algebra and be familiar with basic calculus.
Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung Registration: Please enroll in the Online Services (services.unibas.ch);

Eucor-Students and mobility students of other Swiss Universities or the FHNW first have to register at the University of Basel BEFORE the start of the course and receive their login data by post (e-mail address of the University of Basel). Processing time up to a week! Detailed information can be found here: https://www.unibas.ch/de/Studium/Mobilitaet.html
After successful registration you can enroll for the course in the Online Services (services.unibas.ch).

Applies to everyone: Enrolment = Registration for the course and the exam!
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
Einsatz digitaler Medien Online-Angebot fakultativ

 

Intervall Wochentag Zeit Raum
wöchentlich Mittwoch 08.15-10.00 Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
wöchentlich Freitag 12.15-14.00 Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119

Einzeltermine

Datum Zeit Raum
Freitag 20.09.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119
Mittwoch 25.09.2024 08.15-10.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
Freitag 27.09.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119
Mittwoch 02.10.2024 08.15-10.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
Freitag 04.10.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119
Mittwoch 09.10.2024 08.15-10.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
Freitag 11.10.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119
Mittwoch 16.10.2024 08.15-10.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
Freitag 18.10.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119
Mittwoch 23.10.2024 08.15-10.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
Freitag 25.10.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119
Mittwoch 30.10.2024 08.15-10.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
Freitag 01.11.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119
Mittwoch 06.11.2024 08.15-10.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
Freitag 08.11.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119
Mittwoch 13.11.2024 08.15-10.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
Freitag 15.11.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119
Mittwoch 20.11.2024 08.15-10.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
Freitag 22.11.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119
Mittwoch 27.11.2024 08.15-10.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
Freitag 29.11.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Dies Academicus
Mittwoch 04.12.2024 08.15-10.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
Freitag 06.12.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119
Mittwoch 11.12.2024 08.15-10.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
Freitag 13.12.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119
Mittwoch 18.12.2024 08.15-10.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 106
Freitag 20.12.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 119
Module Modul: Komplementärer Basisbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Masterstudium: Sustainable Development)
Modul: Methoden der Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Masterstudium: European Global Studies)
Leistungsüberprüfung Leistungsnachweis
Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung written exam: tbd
An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung Anm.: Belegen Lehrveranstaltung; Abm.: stornieren
Wiederholungsprüfung keine Wiederholungsprüfung
Skala 1-6 0,1
Wiederholtes Belegen beliebig wiederholbar
Zuständige Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät / WWZ, studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch
Anbietende Organisationseinheit Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät / WWZ

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