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Development Microeconomics / 開発ミクロ経済学

Code	203
Course Title (Japanese)	開発ミクロ経済学
Course Title (English)	Development Microeconomics
Major	DID
Course	Program in Economic Development Policy and Management
Credit	2
Instructor(s)	Shinkai
Year	2011
Term	Spring
Day	Thursday
Period	3
Purpose & Description	This course is designed to provide the essence of microeconomic theory, which would be useful for the analysis on development microeconomics. Later in this course, we will ask students to discuss various issues on development economics based on the interests and write a term paper on those topics.
Schedule	1. Production (Profit) 2. Production (Cost) 3. Production (Technology) 4. Consumption(Demand) 5. Consumption(Utility) 6. Consumption(Consumer surplus) 7. Production and Consumption, Demand and Supply 8. Economic system-Optimization 9. Economic system-Summary 10. Trade theory and Development-Introduction 11. Trade theory and Development-Trade Policy Examination 12. Exam 13. Topics 14. Topics 15. Presentation and Discussion
Texts & References	J. Stiglitz, Economics, 4th Edition, 2006 J. Todaro and S. Smith, Economic Development, 9th Edition, 2006 H. Varian, Intermediate Microeconomics, 7th Edition, 2006 Y. Hayami, Development Economics, 2nd Edition, 2001 P. Krugman and M. Obstfeld, International Economics, 6th Edition, 2003 (7th Edition, 2005)
Evaluation	Exam and Term Paper
Language(s) for instruction & discussion; Others	English