Principles of Economics for Scientists

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Level : Introductory

Language : English

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80 hours in total

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Quantitative and model-based introduction to basic ideas in economics, and applications to a wide range of real world problems.

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Week 1. Principles of optimizing behavior.

Week 2. Consumer Theory.

Week 3. Producer Theory.

Week 4. Outcome of competitive markets.

Week 5. Effects of government intervention in competitive markets: taxes and regulation.

Week 6. Imperfect competition 1: monopolistic markets.

Week 7. Imperfect competition 2: oligopoly and monopolistic competition.

Week 8. Externalities with and without government intervention.

Week 9. Markets with asymmetric information.

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Antonio Rangel

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Caltech

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