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EC5001: ECONOMIC THEORY (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:38


Course Overview

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Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr John Skatun

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Either MRes Applied Economics (Studied) or MSc Applied Economics (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course covers topics such as Consumer and Producer theory, the Theory of Markets, the Economics of Information and Topics in Uncertainty, Welfare Economics, and Applications of Game Theory, covering topics such as Externalities, Taxation and the Optimal Provision of Public Goods. In macroeconomics, the course will cover topics such as endogenous growth, economic fluctuations, nominal and real rigidities and the output inflation trade-off, monetary policy and fiscal policy.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st attempt: 1 three hour written examination (70%); continuous assessment (30%) consisting of an individual assignment with word count up to 3000. Resit: 1 three hour written examination (100%) capped at CAS 9.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

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Course Learning Outcomes

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