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ECN301   Advanced Microeconomics   (20 credits)

 
Year Running: 2019/2020
Credit level: F6
Additional Information   ECN130 ECN118 or ECN119 or MAS equivalent ECN201, ECN21004

Description

This module is designed to further develop students' understanding of core microeconomic principles by exploring a number of advanced topics in microeconomics. The course material will be predominately theoretical with a substantial mathematical component and some evaluation of empirical evidence. Indicative topics include: decision-making under uncertainty; insurance markets, principal-agent theory, risk aversion and risky asset holdings; cooperative and non-cooperative bargaining; economics of sporting contests.

 

Reading List


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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type Hours
Independent 170.0
Lecture 20.0
Seminar 10.0
 

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type Duration % of formal assessment Semester
Course Work 0.0 10 % S1
Exam 2.0 90 % S1
 

Teaching methods and assessment displayed on this page are indicative for 2019-20.