Microeconomics: Consumer and Producer Choice
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2025-02-24 | - |
Program Overview
ECON 404: Microeconomics: Consumer and Producer Choice
Course Description
This course provides an in-depth analysis of advanced topics in microeconomics, including consumption decisions, choice theory, theory of the firm, general equilibrium, welfare economics, decision-making under uncertainty, and search theory.
Course Details
- Dates: 24 February 2025 to 22 June 2025
- Starts: Trimester 1
- Fees:
- NZ$1,250.55 for domestic students
- NZ$4,574.55 for international students
- Lecture start times:
- Monday 10:30am
- Campus: Pipitea
- Estimated workload: Approximately 150 hours or 8.8 hours per week for 17 weeks
- Points: 15
Entry Restrictions
- Prerequisites: ECON 314, QUAN 203
- Corequisites: None
- Restrictions: None
Taught by
School of Economics and Finance — Wellington School of Business and Government
Course Learning Objectives
Students who pass this course should be able to:
- Formulate and solve microeconomic models
- Apply the Fundamental Theorems of Welfare Economics
- Identify when stochastic dominance is relevant and use it to make decisions
- Apply the Favorable Bet Theorem
How this Course is Taught
This course is optimized for face-to-face delivery on campus. The lectures will not be streamed, but recordings will be posted. In-person attendance during the trimester is not required, but in-person attendance of the final exam is required.
Assessment
- Assignment 1: 20%
- Assignment 2: 20%
- In-person Final Exam: 60%
Mandatory Requirements
There are no mandatory requirements for this course.
Lecture Times and Rooms
- 24 February 2025 to 13 April 2025
- 28 April 2025 to 1 June 2025
What You'll Need to Get
You do not need to get any texts or equipment for this course.
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