Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
İKT2022013201MICRO ECONOMICS-IICompulsory245
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is • to teach the microeconomic issues • to develop the ability of the students to perform the analysis
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd. Doç. Dr. Seval MUTLU ÇAMOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1To have the knowledge and skills of micro-economic terminology
2Effectively be able to apply to maximization theories for companies and consumers
3To have knowledge about and awareness of how markets work and how it reflected on the welfare of consumersand firms are able to recognize
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
• The production function and variable-rate yield law • The balance and equilibrium, production costs, perfect competition, monopoly,monopsony, oligopoly and monopolized competition and stability in other markets • Production factors market, welfare economics and general equilibrium,and public goods.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Costs, concepts of cost, distinction between the short and long run, cost curves, shifts in cost curves
2Firms in perfect competitionmarket, market structure, marginal revenue, average revenue, total revenue, short run equilibrium of the firm and industry, short run supply curve of firm and industry
3Firms in perfect competition market, long-run equilibrium of the firm, constant-cost industries, increasing and decreasing cost industries, the long-run supply elasticity
4Monopoly,the causes of monopoly, demand curve of monopolist, income of monopolist, short-run stability, long run equilibrium
5Monopoly, price differentiation, regulation of monopolies, the comparison of monopoly and perfect competition
6Oligopoly; definition, causes, classification, Cournot model, the Edgeworth model, Chamberlin model, Sweezy model, the kinked demand curve
7Oligopoly, Bertrand model, Stackelberg model, game theory, price leadership,entry of new firms
8Midterm
9Monopolistic competition; definition, the demand curve in monopolistic competition, the short run equilibrium , long-run equilibrium, the comparison of Monopolistic competition and perfect competition the comparison of Monopolistic competition and monopoly
10The market for the factors of production, demand for factor in perfect competition market, deman for factor in imperfect competition market, price elasticity of factor demand, ,factor supply
11The market for the factors of production, factor-market equilibrium, the concept of rent, quasi rent, wage differentials
12Welfare economics and general equilibrium, the optimal factor use, necessary conditions for optimal resource allocation,the Edgeworth box, Pareto efficient allocation, contract curve, the theory of the second-best
13Welfare economics and general equilibrium, perfect competition and economic efficiency
14Uncertainty and asymmetric information, risk aversion, methods for reducing risk, information and market equilibrium, information and economic efficiency
15Externalities and public goods, defining externalities, externalities and allocational efficiency, bargaining and Coase theorem, public goods, public goods and market failure
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Ünsal, E. 2005; Mikro İktisat, İmaj Yayınevi, 6.Baskı, Ankara Dinler, Z. 2007; Mikro Ekonomi, Ekin Kitabevi Yayınları, 18.Baskı, Bursa Varian, Hal R., Intermediate Microeconomics:A Modern Approach,7th Edition,2006 Pindyck S. Robert, Rubinfeld L. Daniel, Microeconomics,Prentice Hall
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14342
Self Study14570
Individual Study for Mid term Examination14114
Individual Study for Final Examination22122
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
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