Introduction to Economics
Economic problems: resources, scarcity, choice; positive and normative economy; agents: consumers, firms, governments; microeconomics / macroeconomics distinction; exchanges: demand, supply and price; Marketplace balance; market controls; consumer theory: preferences, budget constraints, optimal choices; demand; income effect and substitution effect; intertemporal choice: wealth, real interest rate; risk: lotteries, insurance; firm theory: costs, profits, opportunity costs; accounting approach; short and long term; competitive markets; taxation; regulation; international trade.
Basic Information
Workload
60 hours
Requirements
Does not exist
Mandatory:
- FRAGELLI CARDOSO, R .. Introduction to Economic Theory, Class Notes. Mimeo.2008;
- MANKIW, N.G., Introduction to Economics, Editora Campus, 1999.
- Samuelson, P. Introduction to Economic Analysis. Act, 1975.
Complementary:
- Joseph E. Stiglitz. Introduction to macroeconomics / Joseph E. Stiglitz, Carl E. Walsh.
- Martin J. Osborne, A course in game theory. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994.
- Flávio Riani, Economy: basic principles and introduction to microeconomics. Pioneer, 1998.
- Bernardo Guimarães, Introduction to economics. Campus, 2009.
- Steven E. Landsburg, The armchair economist: Economics and everyday life. Free Press, 1995.