Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
MAT/02
6
B
MAT/03
6
C
SECS-P/01
6
C
SECS-P/01
6
B
MAT/06

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
C
SECS-P/05
activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
MAT/02
6
B
MAT/03
6
C
SECS-P/01
6
C
SECS-P/01
6
B
MAT/06
activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
C
SECS-P/05
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Altre attività formative
6
F
-

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S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Teaching code

4S00239

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SECS-P/01 - ECONOMICS

Period

II sem. dal Mar 1, 2018 al Jun 15, 2018.

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to give students the tools for understanding how firms and consumers take their decision under different market structures in order to make them able to do and recognize rigorous proofs and to formalize economic problems. The teaching method consists of theoretical lectures and tutorials.

Program

Textbook (recommended) "Microeconomia" by Hal R. Varian, Cafoscarina, 2007.
Additional material is available on the e-learning website.

The following program refers to the sixth edition of the textbook (2007).

Consumer Theory:
• Budget constraint (Varian, Chapter 2).
• Preferences and indifference curves (Varian, Chapter 3).
• Utility (Varian, Chapter 4).
• Choice (Varian, Chapter 5).
• Demand (Varian, Chapter 6).
• Revealed Preferences (Varian, Chapter 7).
• Slutsky equation (Varian, Chapter 8).
• Buying and selling (Varian, Chapter 9).
• Intertemporal Choice (Varian, Chapter 10).
• Choice under uncertainty (Varian, Chapter 12).
• Consumer's Surplus (Varian, Chapter 14).
• Market demand and elasticity (Varian, Chapter 15).
• Equilibrium (Varian, Chapter 16).
Production Theory:
• Technology (Varian, Chapter 18).
• Profit maximization (Varian, Chapter 19).
• Cost minimization (Varian, Chapter 20).
• Cost Curves (Varian, Chapter 21).
Market structures:
• Perfect competition in the short and the long term (Varian, Chapters 22 and 23).
• Monopoly (Varian, Chapter 24).
• Monopolistic Behavior (Varian, Chapter 25).
• Oligopoly (Varian, Chapter 27).
Interactions:
• Nash equilibrium and Game Theory (Varian, Chapter 28).
• Exchange (Varian, Chapter 31).

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Varian H. Microeconomia (Edizione 8) Cafoscarina 2011 9788875433079

Examination Methods

The exam aims to understand if students are able to formalize and to solve simple economic problems.
The exam does not differ for attending students, it is written (closed books) and contains exercises and questions on theory.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE