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Microeconomics Course Syllabus and Study Guide: ECON 201/2 Introduction to Microeconomics

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Introduction to Economics

The Demand Curve

Shifts in the Demand Curve

Movement Along a Demand Curve

The Supply Curve

Shifts in the Supply Curve

Movement Along a Supply Curve

Market Equilibrium

Using the Supply and Demand Curves to Find Equilibrium

Elasticity and the Midpoint Method

Price Elasticity of Demand on a Graph

Determinants of Price Elasticity of Demand

Consumer Surplus and Willingness to Pay

Producer Surplus and Willingness to Sell

Economic Surplus and Efficiency

Price Ceilings, Price Floors, and Black Markets

Quantitative Analysis of Price Ceilings and Price Floors: Finding Points

Quantitative Analysis of Price Ceilings and Price Floors: Finding Areas

Introducing Taxes and Tax Incidence

Effects of Taxes on a Market

Elasticity and Taxes

Revenue, Cost, and Profit

The Production Function and Diminishing Returns

Marginal Cost

The Relationship Between Average Cost and Marginal Cost

Graphing Costs

Average Total Cost: Short Run and Long Run

Introduction to the Four Market Models

Characteristics of Perfect Competition

Revenue in Perfect Competition

Perfect Competition Profit on the Graph

Short Run Shutdown Decision

Long Run Entry and Exit Decision

Individual Supply Curve in the Short Run and Long Run

Market Supply Curve in the Short Run and Long Run

Long Run Equilibrium

Perfect Competition and Efficiency

Four Market Model Summary: Perfect Competition

Characteristics of Monopoly

Monopoly Revenue

Monopoly Profit on the Graph

Monopoly Efficiency and Deadweight Loss

Price Discrimination

Antitrust Laws and Government Regulation of Monopolies

Four Market Model Summary: Monopoly

Characteristics of Monopolistic Competition

Revenue in Monopolistic Competition

Monopolistic Competition Profit on the Graph

Monopolistic Competition in the Long Run

Efficiency in Monopolistic Competition

Advertising

Four Market Model Summary: Monopolistic Competition

Characteristics of Oligopoly

One-Time Games and the Prisoner's Dilemma

Game Theory and Oligopoly Profit

Repeated Games

Kinked-Demand Theory

Four Market Model Summary: Oligopoly

Exporting and Importing

Sources of Comparative Advantage

Tariffs on Imports

Import Quotas and VERs

Arguments Against International Trade