To acquaint the students with the behaviour of an economic agent, namely a consumer and a producer in a comparative static and partial equilibrium framework.
Cardinal Utility Analysis; Indifference Curve Analysis, Goods, Bads and Neuters, Consumer’s Equilibrium, Corner Solution, Slutsky Equation-Price, Income and Substitution Effects (Normal, Inferior and Giffen goods), ICC Curve, PCC Curve, Demand Curve- Ordinary and Compensated, Engel Curve, Elasticity of demand.
Network Externalities- Bandwagon, Snob and Veblen effects, Consumer Surplus- Marshall’s Measurement, Measurement of Consumer Surplus through Indifference Curve; Revealed Preference Hypothesis; Analysis of consumer behavior under risk and uncertainty; Asymmetric information, Behavioral Economics.
Production function – short run and long run; Law of variable proportions Isoquants and Isocost lines; Optimum Factor Combination, Expansion Path, Ridge Lines, returns to scale; Cobb-Douglas production function, Elasticity of Substitution, Euler's theorem , Technical Progress-Capital Deepening and Labour Deepening.
Cost Concepts, Short run and long run cost curves; Modern Theory of Cost, Economies of scale; Economies of Scope and Learning curve analysis.
Short run and long run equilibrium of the firm and industry, increasing, decreasing and constant cost industry, effects of taxes under perfect competition.
Links:
[1] https://economics.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/microeconomic-theory-%E2%80%93-i
[2] https://economics.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-session/2018-19